Why so serious?!

The Dark Knight. Easily the biggest movie of the year. The most talked about, the most hyped. But is it worth it…….. Yes, it is.

 We all know the story, we all know about Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale and we certainly know about Heath Ledger. But the movie is stronger than that, the movie is better than just that. It is the single best comic movie ever created. Far beyond that fact it is probably the best one we will ever see EVER! I just cannot imagine many films that have ever been this good. I cannot wrap my head around something so uncanny that a mere comic book movie is one of the best movies I have ever seen, period end of discussion. 

The Dark Knight succeeds on all levels, it will please all people it will go down not only as the best comic book/sci-fi sequel to ever be created but I do put it with my favorite sequel of all time, The Godfather part 2. Not to mention of course one of my favorite movies, ever.

  Bale is great, what else can you say about him? He is the perfect casting, he brings so much depth to the role of Bruce Wayne and Batman that he is that character. The torture and the anger and the rage are so present yet beautifully repressed you forget where Bruce Wayne ends and where Batman Begins (bad pun). Batman is what he has always been at the core of the character, just one inch from being the criminals he stalks. A criminal with a credo if you will.  He wears the weight of an entire population around his neck but it is that weight that gives the movie so much balance. That is the beauty of what Christian Bale has done, he gave balance to the film. A superb job by a supurb actor.

 Before I go off on Heath Ledger I want to take a moment to talk about some of the other things that I feel other reviews have forgotten to give their proper due. First off whomever casts these movies deserves not only an oscar but a freaking nobel prize. Let’s take a moment to list just a few actors in the two Nolan Batman movies: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Tom Wilkinson, Liam Neeson, Rutger Hauer. That is just the first movie. Now add in Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts and of course Heath Ledger. 

 Heath Ledger has, simply stated redefined the role of the Joker forever. That is all I can really say. I feel at this point pretty much everything that could be said about his performance has already been said. Why pontificate?! Becuase I fucking loved his performace. So awful so dirty so vile so perfect. Ledger is the closest thing our generation had to Brando. He died before he would have to bad movies with Matthew Broderick and he went out truly on top.

  First off I will tell all of you homophobic assholes to skip the next several lines because I loved Brokeback Mountain. I bought it the week it came out on DVD, I have loaned it to a half dozen friends that were too scared to see it in theaters or rent it on DVD and every one of them loved it too. Heath Ledger is an amazing actor and you know why… “He is fearless” to quote Christopher Nolan on his decision to cast Ledger. Fearless is the best word to decribe Ledger and his perfomance and it is how he should be remembered forever.

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