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evilbeefchan · 07-29-2008, 11:53 PM

Saw it Sunday night, 10:10 Imax. AMAZING!! Especially the beginning wide shot of the city, almost gave me vertigo.

I hate to be cheesy and describe TDK as being "grittier, darker," etc, but it really is. I kept forgetting it was a PG-13 movie, which is a GOOD thing. I felt Ledger outshined everyone else. The complexity of the character, critiquing and criticizing humanity through that big smile of his, just made this movie so much more. And a master of slight-of-hand, too!
What I loved about TDK was that it did't try to make Batman cool. Yes, they gave him new gadgets, new suit, awesome wings etc. For me, every superhero movie has banked on everybody wanting to be that hero. By the end of TDK, you honestly feel like this is a burden for one man, and all the crazy gizmos won't make it better. Spidey may have said "This is my destiny, this is my curse..." but you really feel that in TDK. The ending speech summed up the character of Batman perfectly.

07-29-2008, 11:53 PM	#89 (permalink)
evilbeefchan Addict Location: Alhambra, CA	Saw it Sunday night, 10:10 Imax. AMAZING!! Especially the beginning wide shot of the city, almost gave me vertigo. I hate to be cheesy and describe TDK as being "grittier, darker," etc, but it really is. I kept forgetting it was a PG-13 movie, which is a GOOD thing. I felt Ledger outshined everyone else. The complexity of the character, critiquing and criticizing humanity through that big smile of his, just made this movie so much more. And a master of slight-of-hand, too! What I loved about TDK was that it did't try to make Batman cool. Yes, they gave him new gadgets, new suit, awesome wings etc. For me, every superhero movie has banked on everybody wanting to be that hero. By the end of TDK, you honestly feel like this is a burden for one man, and all the crazy gizmos won't make it better. Spidey may have said "This is my destiny, this is my curse..." but you really feel that in TDK. The ending speech summed up the character of Batman perfectly.