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Well I really can't wait to see this film....

And now I have seen it.

wow


half read all the oscar stuff, and all I can say is if he gets a posthumous oscar it will be , in my humble opinion, based on merrit.

edge of love... weak.

Alfie, when I heard about the Oscar calls were mostly due to his death, but after seeing his performance, it does truly deserve a nod.
Not once do you see the brokeback cowboy or just an actor trying to be scary. but you do see a very scary person indeed.

Finally saw this last weekend.
Good popcorn cruncher, probably the best Batman film so far IMO, but that's all it is. Best Movie Ever? No chance.

Biggest plus is Ledger's performance. I can't see how anyone could think that he's aping Nicholson. Jack's Joker was much like the majority of his characters - a subtle adaptation of his off-screen persona, that leaves the audience fully aware that they are watching 'Jack Nicholson as....'.
Ledger's Joker was far more genuine and complete performance, verbally and physically. He was deranged, unhinged, clinging by a hair to sanity, and was utterly convincing. Maybe not worth an Oscar, but he completely stole the film. The 'disappearing pencil trick' was the best bit in it.

Downsides... couldn't get over Bale's incessant growling whenever he pulled on the Batsuit. It just sounded silly. In fact Bale doesn't seem right as Batman, not sure why. TBH, I don't think anyone has bettered Keaton to date. And the plot got more and more contrived as the film went on. I'm all for suspending disbelief, but at times the film pushed event causality to the limits of plausibility.
"Ah.. so the Joker staged the entire 15 minute chase sequence preceeding his arrest, knowing that he would be captured and knowing that Dent and Token Totty would be transported away separately by bent coppers enabling him to set up an elaborate trap for... zzzzzz"
Oh, and I didn't buy Dent's 'transformation' into Two Face at all... a supposed paragon of virtue, who loses his squeeze and half his face, and is all of a sudden threatening to blow a kid's head off. "The Joker wanted to turn the best of us." He didn't have to try that hard did he? An convoluted trap and 5 minutes alone in a hospital room, and all of a sudden the DA has become Cheeky Charlie Manson. And for a film that was clearly trying to take an outlandish comic book concept and ground it in as much dirty reality as possible, Dent's deformed face looked totally stupid. Less Two Face, more Tales from the Crypt, IMO.
Oh yeah, and the soundtrack was boring n' all. Not a patch on Danny Elfman's original, although granted, it did have a different 'vibe'.

Oh, and Mr Boyce... if you thought that TDK was a disappointment, I take it you haven't seen this year's feeble Indiana Jones movie?
That redefined the word 'disappointment' for me. 20 years of waiting for a terribly written/acted/directed steaming turd of a film.
Fatty Lucas is getting good at that, isn't he.... I half expected bleedin' Jar Jar Binks to make an appearance at the end....

You spent 20 years of your life just waiting for the new Indiana Jones movie, now that is a serious film critic...

Especially regarding his daft "Batman" voice...

interesting review MT. do agree wioth alot of what u said, but ended up enjoying it none the less. Did like the joker, very cool character. will be watching batman begins soon, which i have on sky plus.