RE: The Dark Knight...

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Posted by Jazz Inmate (A) on July 20, 2008 at 14:30:32

In Reply to: RE: The Dark Knight... posted by tunenut on July 20, 2008 at 13:29:07:

I completely agree. A couple things in TDK did not work for me, most notably the new Katie Holmes. But the pacing and moral exploration were intense. Nolan is a gifted director to pull that off. He made character development such a driving force in Batman Begins that I thought TDK would be similarly driven. Wrong. Only Two Face had significant character development. What then drove TDK? Nothing but a morality lesson and good old fashioned action sequences and both were dizzying in their ferocity.

Did you catch the politics of the film? Batman chooses to purposefully damn himself in public opinion to do what's right for gotham city. He also develops an incredibly high tech surveillance program by tapping into the cell phones of every citizen to try to catch one man. Fantastic stuff and couldn't be more relevant to the dilemmas we face, even if it is just a superhero blockbuster.

And there were tons of incredible details, most of which went by so fast I didn't really have a chance to catch them. The symbol of the two-headed coin used by a villain is starting to become cliched after No Country for Old Men, but did you catch where Nolan used this exact same coin? The Prestige--another powerhouse of a film from Nolan/Bale.

Great sequel, as different from Batman Begins as can be.
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Call it, friendo.

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Topic - The Dark Knight... - mkuller 11:02:33 07/20/08 (16)

Warning! - Peter Breuninger 06:46:18 07/31/08 (0)

Ledger was awful - WinthorpeIII 19:48:31 07/23/08 (6)

Tough to be completely objective in light of his recent death.... - delboy 05:00:27 07/29/08 (0)

RE: Ledger was very good - Daryl Zero 08:01:14 07/24/08 (0)

Haven't seen TDK yet... - Harmonia 23:14:43 07/23/08 (0)

Sorry, I couldn't disagree with you more about Ledger... - mkuller 21:12:18 07/23/08 (2)

not for me - WinthorpeIII 13:18:57 07/26/08 (1)

err... - WW85 21:38:01 07/28/08 (0)

Heath Ledger was spot on - PhilJ 20:12:57 07/22/08 (0)

Like eating ever increasingly sweet treacle for appetizer, - tinear 16:30:40 07/22/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight... - Eric B 09:50:52 07/22/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight... - brainwater 13:55:22 07/20/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight... - tunenut 13:29:07 07/20/08 (1)

RE: The Dark Knight... - Jazz Inmate 14:30:32 07/20/08 (0)

RE: The Dark Knight...Or the search for eternity, we all are looking for... - patrickU 11:43:47 07/20/08 (1)

could liking, disliking TDK be an age thing ...? - phatty 10:39:40 07/30/08 (0)

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RE: The Dark Knight... - Jazz Inmate 14:30:32 07/20/08 (0)

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