I was really happy to be able to see The Dark Knight on opening night. Being a longtime fan of Batman and being part of the superhero generation, I was pretty much foaming at the mouth when I found out there would be a sequel to Batman Begins.
The movie was one of the best superhero movies I’ve ever seen. And surprisingly slim when it came to cheesy dialogue, which seems to plague lots of otherwise good superhero movies (sorry, Iron Man). The makeup and special effects were nothing short of incredible. This is especially true with our villains. And the truck chase scene you saw in the previews was far more amazing than I could have imagined—it was brilliant.
I’d like to make special note of Heath Ledger’s acting here as well. Not because of his death just before the movie’s release, but because of how great it actually was. He played very well what I thought to be a dark and crazy villain. He nailed the mannerisms of The Joker down to the last little detail.
They also seemed to handle multiple villains really well. Considering Spiderman 3’s approach to multiple villains, The Dark Knight took the cake and drank Spiderman 3’s milkshake. The villains were pretty well developed, and they didn’t really seem to compete for screen time or seem really flat. My only criticisms were that a certain villain was in the movie for such a short period of time, I wondered why they were even there. Perhaps to avoid where Spiderman 3 fell short.
I can’t wait to see this in IMAX!
