The Eyes Of A Spectator

Here's my review that probably noone has been waiting for, for The Dark Knight. Great movie. There will be spoilers. Actually, if you just even hesitate to read this because there are spoilers, go watch the movie, its great, you'll love it no matter who you are.

Review of "The Dark Knight".

Plot Summary.

The plot here, takes shortly after Batman Begins, and starts where a new bad guy, enter Joker, comes to cause chaos and destruction just for, shits and giggles. Katie Holmes is not in this movie, and replaced by the Gyllenhall sister, whom by the way, I adore, much more than Holmes. Now, the Joker, comes into place only because of the Batman, because the way Batman is, the Joker feeds off of Batman's hatred for him and whatnot. Past that, in the sub-story, Harvey Dent turns into Two-Face, after the Joker plays around with his mind, and causes him to go Psychotic.

The Good.

There's alot of good, especially the acting, for the guy who stole the show, you know, the guy, with the make up, and the laugh, you know, him. He was good, no, he was great. Then there's my other favored actor, Aaron Eckhart, whom I put up in my favorite actors of all time. Heath Ledger though, he was fucking brilliant. Apparently the director locked him up in a New York City apartment for a whole month, and he was isolated there, before they started filming. While he was locked up, he continuously practiced his voicing and the way he moved, and thats how the Joker was born. Because of this, the acting he portrayed was phenomenal and is one of the greatest acting performances I really have ever seen in my lifetime. Now before Heath steels my review, there were definitely other goods. The acting was great, and the subliminal comedy was great too. The scripting was amazing too, everything came together so well, and all the scenes didn't feel like they were just plastered on a piece of paper. Yeah there really actually wasn't that much good besides that, but then again all you need is a good script, good plot, good acting, and there you go.

The Bad.

Hmm, this is tough, but not so much for me. The vehicles in the movie were just, completely overpowered. Okay not that overpowered, but effing overpowered. The huge...tank...thing, was like a beast, but I guess thats the point of it. It is nothing like the original batman vehicles, from any of the shows, comics, or movies. That didn't really make a huge impact, because the sheer awesomeness of the vehicles was awesome. The next part was the actual mental state of the Joker. I mean, don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved the Joker, but he was nothing, absolutely nothing, like any other Joker. The thing about the movie that pisses me off, is now everyone I know is going around, saying "Why So Serious?", all the damn time, and it's annoying...as hell. Let's see, anything else that was bad? Oh yeah, the fact that the Joker also stole the movie practically, I know he's dead and all, but still, he stole, he did a fantastic job, like Bill Murray did in Ghostbusters, and will probably will an Oscar award, or something.

My Overall Thoughts.

Well, I saw this movie twice, it was great both times. I did not however see it in IMAX, which I'm dying to see it in that way. It was a great experience for me, as I was one of the first people to see it, because I saw it at 12:01 AM, on release day. It was a good thing that I did too, because the movie theaters were packed like crazy even days after. I would definitely buy the DVD of this movie and show it to people who have not seen it. But I'm afraid it's going to become one of those movie's that everyone has seen. Also everyone of my friends, okay not all, but alot, said it was the greatest movie. A perfect 10, I don't know why they would say that. Also I do not believe that it should be rated as the number one movie of all time on IMDB, that's just disgraceful.

My Rating.
I rate this wonderful movie a 9 out of 10. Heath was great, Aaron was great, and overall, the Joker was the movie.