Batman Continues: The Dark Knight
By TNteam • Jul 19th, 2008 • Category: EntertainmentThe sequel to (one of) my ALL TIME FAVORITE movies released Friday (July 18). It was awesome!
Take Batman Begins - add a much scarier and psychotic villain, more intense action, and more emotion and a LOT MORE and you’ve got The Dark Knight.
The movie starts with action, effectively leaving out the usual slow beginning. The Joker is certainly as creepy, “freak”ish and cynical as he is meant to be. Ledger’s work was impressive -awe worthy.
It was slightly disconcerting having Gyllenhaal replace Holmes as Rachel. It is not clear to me as to whether Rachel’s personality change is due to script and plot demands or if it was Holmes’ replacement with Gyllenhaal. Whatever it was, Rachel wasn’t as sweet or ’symphathizable’ as she was in Batman Begins.
Gordon does not disappoint and was very likable! He is a hero! Harvey Dent’s intro as Gotham’s new DA is pleasant and a nice touch that gives The Dark Knight a new face as compared to Batman Begins.
Plot wise, The Dark Knight is crazy! So much goes down; There are a lot of side stories that work to a certain climax. At times it seems that too much is happening at once, where you are enjoying it fully, but you don’t know exactly what is going on. I got confused at some points, where the dialogue wasn’t very clear or the plot became a little muddled. I think another viewing would clear that up.
All in all, the movie was well made, and although I still have some questions about the plot, The Dark Knight lived up to all its expectations. I am wondering whether there is going to be a third, I need to see it again to know.
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