I really, really, really did not enjoy The Dark Knight. Very minor spoilers ahead.
A few points: Heath Ledger was easily the worst of the 3 Jokers. This Oscar talk is retarded and only a function of his death. His "brilliance" consisted of talking in a weird Pee-Wee Herman voice and constantly licking his lips.
The film is not a superhero movie. Besides the Batman character, it is an entirely realistically-styled movie about a city under terrorist attack. The Joker exhibits no crazy behavior at all besides his face paint. But what purveyors of comic book realism don't get is that if they want to go real, then the audience should judge accordingly. Meaning, if there's a terrorist walking around in daylight in facepaint, he will be taken down very, very quickly. He will not have the opportunity to plant bombs everywhere. When 9/11 hit, security instantly escalated extremely hard and extremely fast. The US went DEFCON. I don't think anyone was even musing, "Maybe if we give bin Laden what he asks for, he'll leave us alone." And bin Laden at least had a goal and a specific agenda.
The idea, also, that criminals and terrorists go hand-in-hand is nuts. A thug wants to get his cash. he doesn't want to freak people out or draw attention or escalate things with cops--especially the latter, since he will lose. The film forgets this.
There are no light moments. The film is completely intense. But intensity in fiction is only good when it has some life lesson or makes you think or even carries you through a major experience. This film did none of these things and for that reason is simply annoying (and easily an hour too long.)
4 Comments:
there's a major difference between "realistic" and "not kitschy", and i don't think the dark knight ever really strived to be the former. reality obviously must be suspended a great deal; there is a guy dressed up like a bat.
First off, your blog is complete rubbish. Although you are entitled to your opinion, I disagree. Heath Ledger's performance short of amazing. All this hype about his performance isn't about his death. He became obsessed with the character, leading to be one of the best villains I've ever seen in a movie. His "constantly licking his lips" is a way to show he's some what paranoid, and crazy.
Also, THIS IS A MOVIE! I REPEAT! THIS IS A MOVIE. OBVIOUSLY THEY AREN'T GOING TO DO IT LIKE REALITY. people go to movies so they can see acting. they aren't going to pay for something you can see on the news.
What Heath Ledger did was art, it was amazing. He became the Joker. And to slander his hard work, is disgusting.
If you assumed this movie would be about reality, then you shouldn't have bought the tickets. It's about superheros! Obviously it can't be based of reality.
And lastly, all the top critics have said, Heaths performance has stolen the show. The same critics who nit-pick every actor. To say his Joker was the worst, shows that you're probably crazy.
Bye.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
waaaaaaaaay to have respect for someone who passed away.
did you watch the movie at all?
because i'm sure if you did, you'd know that Heath Ledger did an absolutly AMAZING job of portraying the joker.
OH AND STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT
HOW "UNREALISTIC" IT IS.
it's a movie, a FICTIONAL movie, so CLEAAAAAARLY it is UNREALISTIC.
he was ok
chillax ya'll
-Andrej
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