04.25.09
“The Dark Knight” (2008): Thoughts
This movie was very long. There were a lot of good things about this movie. The Joker was interesting and Two-Face’s origin story was intriguing. I found it most interesting that Batgirl was given a point of origin, without ever being mentioned. There was more to Batman’s character than in the previous movie, but it actually felt farther away from Batman this time. I liked Gordan and the villains and Alfred, but Bruce bugged me. Fox was really good, too. I’m consistently impressed with the storytelling and the perfect moments (like when the two ships were asked to blow each other up), but it just doesn’t feel like Batman to me. It’s a good movie, though.