Jul 23 2008
The Dark Knight
The new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, opened this past weekend. This movie has broken all kinds of records so far. It had the best midnight showing for a Thursday and it raked in over $155 million over the whole weekend to make it the biggest opening weekend at the box office. As many of you, we fought the lines to watch this movie on opening day. We got to the theater about 1 hour before the show and the line had already started to form. Luckily for us, it was not too long. Within 15-20 minutes, the line was around the corner. Were we glad that we had went early! Either way, we got into the theater about 20 minutes before the move started and got decent seats.
Enough of that, let’s get on with the movie. I’ll start off by saying that The Dark Knight was GREAT. I’ll even say that this is probably the best movie of the year. I had read a lot of good reviews and thought it may not live up to its hype, but it truly did. The performances were fantastic and the storyline kept you guessing. Even though all the actors were good, the best acting award goes to the Joker. The Joker was played by Heath Ledger (who passed away earlier this year) and he was amazing. He definitely pulled off the Joker as being the demented and psychotic serial killer he is supposed to be. Rumors are that he got so involved in this role that he had trouble sleeping after the movie was finished and this had some part in him having so many prescription drugs (which he eventually overdosed on). I guess we’ll never know what really happened with him, but I would not at all be surprised if he wins a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker. I didn’t even know one of those existed until recently.
So if you haven’t seen the movie yet, what are you waiting for?! You don’t have to be a comic book fan or even familiar with the Batman movies to enjoy this film. This is one of those movies you will watch in the theater (maybe even twice) and watch on DVD once it gets out.
The Dark Knight – 5 out of 5 stars.
did you hear, the character that plays Batman got arrested couple of days ago!
this movie was amazing! I wanna go watch it again! And to Kuran’s comments, yes, I did hear that… I wonder if its just a publicity stunt to get more attention overseas for their opening night…
For us, those tuned to popular land in America, we all witness a brilliant film. THE DARK KNIGHT. Enough said! This was truly a well-written screenplay, well directed, well acted, outstanding visual effects, and had a plot that kept you connected to the entire story, on and so on and so on… What is left to say but “OSCAR”!
Personally, I believe that this was the best comic book movie ever. For those who did not grow up with comic books, this was their revelation and initiation to that world in a very seductive and irresistible manner.
WoW! Heath Ledger! He simply made you want to be a bad guy. OSCAR, OSCAR, OSCAR! His death was certainly and truly a sad experience for many of us, but his performance was uncanny! Maybe the psychology behind this sad clown drove him to madness but was certain was that the character he created for us was a diabolical genius with so many mental issues that would drive any average individual to madness.
Many of us would agree that even the first sequence of the movie was a plan with a superior mastermind individual behind the whole thing. You haven’t seen the movie yet, once you do, you’ll see that you get hooked right away from the very moment the story starts. Once you are submerged into the storyline, you wake up to reality not even noticing that you were watching a movie the whole time.
All I have to say is congratulations to the entire cast. Every single actor played a marvelous job. Shout out to Christopher Nolan for writing and directing this brilliant movie. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman. Basically, Batman himself was what you need to add to your ketchup and make it taste like an Italian grandmother’s pasta sauce that she has been cooking for over a day. Can’t have a Batman movie without Batman doing batman stuff.
At the end of the day, whether you are starting to learn about all these comic book heroes for the first time just like me, or you are a big fan, GO TO THE THEATHER AND SEE BATMAN!!! Please go watch this phenomenal movie and help THE DARK KNIGHT beat Titanic to become the largest grossing movie of all time. GO NOW!!!