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Buenos dias. ANOTHER Heath Ledger Dark Knight Oscar vote.

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Duilawyer

WOW. What a performance. Bale is good, Maggie is good (but not beautiful) and th rest of the cast is very good. Plot difficult to follow, but it is an adult film, not a comic book.

Follow Ups:

Not to Rain on Your Parade - Eldragon 06:48:57 08/06/08 (0)
...but here is the opposing view:
- Critic blasts Dark Night movie (Open in New Window)
Ledger was very good but no Peter Finch (nt) - audio_d 02:07:51 08/06/08 (0)
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RE: Buenos dias. ANOTHER Heath Ledger Dark Knight Oscar vote. - mishmashmusic 05:03:41 08/05/08 (0)
Saw it last night, here's my take:

-Ledger was incredible, stole the show. Everyone else was just there.
-Way too long. I agree 30 minutes could have easily been cut out.
-Plot was contrived and hard to follow at times.
-The whole "cell phone sonar" thing was stupid.
-Too many fast cuts during action scenes.
-They should have played up the Joker/Batman interaction a little more instead of focusing on the Harvey Dent storyline.
finally saw it last night - padreken 12:09:10 08/02/08 (3)
Overlong, but as you say, an adult film, not a comic book-more gravitas than any other film adapted from a comic source. Ledger was amazing-it'll be a shame if/when people say the inevitable Oscar is a sympathy vote.

The transformation of Harvey Dent was over the top and too sudden to take seriously, but it was pivotal to the story. I'd give it an 8.5 on a scale of 1-10.
- Had me looking at my watch as well, but... - mpathus 17:40:13 08/07/08 (0)
  ...I was grateful they didn't split the film into two, rather deciding to flesh out the points they did.
  Not too bad for an adult comic book story - a fantastic look into the mind of terror, humanity overcoming the anihilation paradox, what spawns evil acts, etc. etc.
  For me, "Dark Knight" out did "Begins", but had me grumbling at the conclusion that symbolic perception outweighs the simple truth - as if people "can't handle the truth" (A Few Good Men).
  Untruth is distortion, and distortions obscure otherwise good reason. Don't blame solution for the problem.
  Ledger was mesmerizing. "Dr. Phibes" (make-up) was distracting.
  
  Edits: 08/07/08
- Agreed on both points. - townsend 19:27:48 08/03/08 (1)
  1) It was waaaaaay overlong . . . I think about 30-40 minutes too long.
  
  2) And I couldn't agree w/ you more on the Harvey Dent plot line. And it special effects of his damaged face seemed directly "borrowed" form the terminator movies.
  
  Ledger . . . what a incredible performance.
  - me too. Possible Joker replacement-Paul Giamatti? nt - Duilawyer 13:55:38 08/04/08 (0)
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