People were not too keen about the first movie, although people suddenly got quite excited when Heath Ledger was announced to play the part of the Joker. The movie was an instant success and a sequel was in planning.
Uhhhhhhh what? People loved Batman Begins when it came out in theaters. Heath wasn't anounced till about July 2006 to play The Joker. Not before Batman Begins came out, it was after.
However, Heath Ledger passed away, due to a drug overdose. And now the creators are unsure what they are going to do. Heath Ledger really got into character for this movie, and many say that is the reason he died. He needed to be so crazy for his role that he adopted drug use to help him seem more crazy in his scenes.
Uhhh the creators knew to leave him in the movie? And why would they be confused "now"? And you're speculating.
I now leave you with this warning... this review will be highly controversial. I will tell it like it is, and wil NOT sugar coat it in any way. So if you think The Dark Knight was the greatest and it should get 5 stars, then don't read on...
I gotta agree with Meat here, youre writing to convince people to think that TDK's horrible, but you only want people who already think that to read?
SYNOPSIS...
Scarecrow, is still at large but a group of Batman wannabee's have taken to the street to try and capture him, but Batman quickly breaks the news that there can be only one Bat in the Bellfrey that is known as Gotham.
Batman's not opposed to help, he's had people help him out before (ROBIN!) It's that they were using lethal force, as in trying to kill Scarecrow and his henchmen and Batman doesn't want blood on his hands. P.S. The movie
starts with The Joker robbing a bank.
Meanwhile, a new villain, who has surfaced after his escape from Archem Asylum. The Joker. And he is swiftly making his way through town, commiting murders, robbing banks, and being a natural pain in the ass.
Joker didn't escape from ArKam (notice the k) Asylum, he just shows up, to prove how good he is to the mobsters and get hired to kill the Bat.
Batman, assumes he is just another nut and can be easily taken down, but soon realize's that the Joker is no laughing matter at all... The Joker maintains a plan at all times, even though he says that he never has a plan, you can tell that everything was carefully mapped out.
Not true, Batman
wants to take down the Joker, but is preoccupied with the Mob. He thinks that the Joker is one man, he can wait for a little bit, while Batman goes to Hong Kong (which you left out?)
Batman then realizes that both Two-Face and Joker need to be stopped, so he takes to the street in one final effort to save Gotham, but in the end he must become a Dark Knight.
This isn't a synopsis by the way, a synopsis tells the whole story. You left out a lot.
The storyline for this movie was good, but it definatley could've been better. I mean some things just don't add up. But for the most part, the story keeps on going and people get into it. I myself thouroughly enjoyed Batman Begins, and gotvery excited after watching trailers for TDK. But, to my disapointment, the story just wasn't well thought out, and at somepoints it had me yawning, just wanting to get to a good part.
You mean action?
The movie is three hours long, and it could've been cut down as there are some really unneccesary scenes. But like I said, it is not an awful plot.
Uhhh what were the "unnecessary" scenes?
. Heath Ledger did well, considering him being a gay cowboy up in Brokeback Mountain, didn't really give me much respect for him. Heath did win some respect in this movie, but some scenes are better than others.
Uhh how is playing a gay guy a hinderance for him playing the Joker?
The man who played Harvey Dent is not the greatest actor in the world which is why you only see Two-Face for short scene's in the movie.
His name is Aaron Eckhart, and he happens to be one of my favorite actors of all time (we all should know by now I love the man,) and did you only watch half the movie? He was in
a lot. That was one of my favorite parts of the movie, I've always loved Two-Face from the comics, and was glad to see him get the screen time he deserved.
For some reason he just wasn't very believable, and I sort of lost interest in him after ten minutes. Although his makeup was awsome.
Okay, it's awEsome. Get a dictionary (there are lots of other misspelled words). Second, if you want to review something, which means you're basically trying to get people to think your way, don't go "oh for some reason I didn't like the guy."
I personally loved him, because he showed a man pushed to the limit by the Joker.
Christian Bale plays Batman, and he is good at it. Although, it bothers me beyond belief that he sounds like he smoked twenty packs of ciggarettes right before he put on his Batman suit. That's just really unnecessary. However, he does play a good Bruce Wayne, and Batman for the most part, so props to him.
It's to hide his voice, which is a great idea.
I don't understand why they never picked a prettier girl to play Rachel.
I don't know, maybe because she can
act?! I mean I'm just throwing ideas out here.
Anyway, here is a list of some characters in the movie and their descriptions...
Bruce Wayne/ Batman- The caped crusader. By day he is a rich snob. But by night, he turns into Gotham's savior.
The Joker- A psychotic killer. Other than that not much is known about him. There is no background story. All we know is that his clothes are custom, he has no other aliase's, and there was nothing in his pockets except knive's and lint.
Harvey Dent/ Two-Face- Gothams newly elected official, who gets into trouble and turns into Two-Face, a killer who's victims lives hang on the balance of a coin.
Rachel- Batman's love and harvey's squeeze.
Comissioner Gordon- Police Officer who happens to be firends with Batman, and finds himself in quite a bit of trouble in this film.
In the end the character choices for this movie were very good, although the actors tha play them might not have been the best choice.
It's thaT, and thank god you listed out the characters, I mean I don't know what I'd do with out it!
As mentioned, the characters in the movie were great picks although the actors portraying them didn't quite live up to expectation. Bale, is a good Batman except for whenever he puts on his cape he develops a throat disease andspeaks unclearly. Now, obviously he does that to cover up his real voice, but come on, you can tell it is Wayne, even if he talks like that.
Actually, it really does help. The people talking to Batsy don't know it's him and all they can see is his lips and chins, and do you know how many people have chins like that?
Harvey Dent also is a pretty poor actor. I have only seen him in two other movies, and only one of them was okay. So, he doesn't really strike me as a great supporting actor.
Again, it's Aaron Eckhart, and have you seen Thank You for Smoking? I mean it's R, I don't know if you can see it yet, without your mom's permission, but just watch that and you'll see that not only can Eckhart hold his own as a supporter, but he can even lead a movie.
Rachel also wasn't as pretty as you might expect, and she on;ly has two speaking lines so you can't really judge here.
Again, did you miss all that first half of the movie? She's has a lot more than two lines. I don't think you actually saw the movie.
The only good actor was Ledger, as much a it pains me to admit it. But he did present the Joker in a way that was both new, and exciting. He has a great voice for his character, and he is constantly at his best, although sometimes it is a bit too much.
The Joker IS supposed to be over the top.
The movie uses little to no CGI or green screen effects at all. The directors decided to utilize Chicago as their filming spot, due to the fact that is very modern and almost Gothamesque. IT fits the description of Gotham and every way. And it was a smart choice.
The fact that no CGI and Green screens were used is a great point about the movie. If Batman is standing on a 200 foot ledge, looking over Gotham, well guess what. Bale really was doing just that. I mean, they really blew up a hospital too. (No there were no people in it. you guys are sick.) But that shows some real commitment here.
score that...10/10
Oh yeah and Eckhart's face is really blown up like that, thank you Christopher Nolan!
Well, here is the category which makes almost no sense to me at all.
HEY you got something right!
They censor TDK enough that it is a family friendly movie,
Oh yeah, I mean this is basically Care Bears three!
howver, the goal was to reimagine it and take it away from the comic book style of Batman, or the Superfriends. So it really doesn't add up. Especially with some of the scenes that are a bit more innapropriate. For example...
Have you read the comics? Hell they're darker than this.
The Joker kills a ton of people, but there is never blood. Howver, Harvey's have melted face is openly shown.
Batman never says ****, but the Joker Does make reference to testicles.
They never really show any gore, but the Joker describes a knife slitting his mouth open with great detail.
Because they had to make it PG-13 and coming from a guy who loves violence (YES PUNISHER WAR ZONE ROCKED MY SOCKS!!!!) it really doesn't matter. If you want violence, go play GTA or something.
See? Some things in the movie don't add up. You are better off just making it rated R and getting some really great action scenes in there,
Because that would cut the profits like down to 25% of what it actually made?
as long as you focus on the story and not just gruesome killing, but do show some blood and what not, just not excessive amounts.
Yeah for contradicting yourself?
people made it out to be better than it actually was, mainly because they love Heath Ledger.
Or they just really like Two Face, or Batman, or Aaron Eckhart or a lot of other things. Or maybe it really is that good.
6/10 the movie just wasn't what people made it out to be. I would recomend watching it, but don't pay 5 bucks to rent it, and don't pay 25 bucks for it on blu-ray. Just go to a used DVD store and buy it for 5 bucks like I did, or add it to Netflix.
Yeah for repeating yourself?
And by the way, it really is that awesome and I just rewatched it for this post and I still give it a
.
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