I think she's attractive in kind of an atypical indy sort of way. She looked really good in Strange Than Fiction, for example. She doesn't really cut it when she's up next to Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart, who are very traditionally attractive. I agree that it was something of an odd juxtaposition and she didn't quite fit in. She did do an interesting job of channeling what Katie Holmes had already done with the character, though. It was curious to see Maggie playing Katie playing Rachel Dawes.
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That being said, I do not think it is in any way a loss to the series that they killed her off. Between the change in actress and the general fact that the character wasn't all that compelling, I'm not going to spend much time worrying about it.
More interesting, I think, is whether or not Dent actually died and who, if anyone, could replace Ledger as Nolan's very much unresolved Joker. I can't tell you how much I would love to see the Joker return, if only so we could have Harley Quinn show up as his corruptible doctor at Arkham. Is that so much to ask?
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Originally Posted by sapiens
She's interesting. She brought a lot more to the role than Katie Holmes did. Who is Bruce Wayne supposed to be in love with? A stereotypical supermodel?
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In a word, yes, the negative implications of your diction aside. He's an absurdly wealthy, young, attractive billionaire played by one of the most attractive young actors of our era. The "matching principle" in my brain says that he should be with with the most attractive girl possible. And while she's certainly attractive, she's also certainly not making my top list. Katie Holmes is by far a weaker actress, but she has the "girl next door grows up beautiful" look pretty much locked down. I preferred Gyllenhal in the role, but Holmes looked the part.