" Endure. You can be the outcast. You can make the choice that no one else will face - the right choice. Gotham needs you. ..."
What can I say? There are moments in film history when everything is pushed aside and performance exceeds genre. If Heath Ledger won't win the Oscars because of this movie, then Oscars does not have a definition of what a best actor is.
Heath Ledger presents himself as The Joker in a role that defines a career. It is unimaginable it would come to the point that a film based on a comic book character could actually have such an impact on one person. On a generation. Ledger's decent into what is, and has become, The Joker makes Jack Nicholson's interpretation look like nothing more than a simple clown.
Director and screen-writer Chris Nolan has developed a new and realistic dramatization of the super-hero persona. When the arguably "silly" Batman sequels to the original Burton versions came and went, Nolan revived (or more respectively set-out on a whole new beginning for) the Batman name with a well-made, perfectly acted, visionary, high-action thriller that is BATMAN BEGINS. Now, here I sit on the movie house (I11 Greenbelt 3), looking in the screen like a peasant awaiting the second-coming of God together with my co supervisor Jason, Marites, Abby, Rafael and Juviece.
Suddenly, when the film begins instantly in a dark, shadowy, and mischievous tone, all expectations were blown to rubble, absolutely nothing was on my mind as I viewed this movie in awe and pure excitement (Mind you, i did not get any sleep at all when watching this movie.. Had a long day.. Had to go to Gerry's Grill and celebrate...)
With a running time of over 150 minutes, “The Dark Knight” should have enough to satisfy the most hardcore Batman fans and there was never a point in the film when I felt that it dragged on too long. (In fact, I wish it would have been even longer.) But because there are so many different characters and stories in the movie, you really need a lot of time to explain everything without being rushed, and Nolan does an excellent job of making sure that each important actor gets the screen time they deserve.
Much of the praise for “The Dark Knight” should go to the actors, and deservedly so, but I would feel horrible if I didn't mention in further detail the extraordinary direction of Nolan.
Part of what leads to “The Dark Knight” becoming so riveting is Nolan's decision to make everything look as realistic as possible. Most of the film is shot on the streets of Chicago and the action sequences may contain some computer generated imagery, but it is blended in so well that you will barely even notice it. (Try not to let your jaw drop during the scene that involves vehicle chases, rocket launchers, flipping semi-trucks and the new Bat-Pod motorcycle... Which is very COOL!!!!!)
Anyways, i'll go ahead and end this blog by stealing a quote from Bret Hart... " The Movie is the best there is, the best there was, and best there will ever be "
