a few of my thoughts….

Okay. I am not writing a film review here about the Dark Night. I just love the movie so much that I feel I really need to write something about it.  I think we all agree that the sudden death of Heath Ledger made this movie the most awaited Batman movie ever. I was not even aware that there is a Batman movie coming up if Heath did not die. I mean it was all over the news that it was his last movie so all the people who had loved Heath (which I think is a lot, including me) started to count the days towards its screening day.

First of all, I believe the movie did not fail these people. Well, it did not fail me! It was totally AWESOME! Before I watched the movie, there were rumors that Heath outshined Christian Bale. Well, Heath was indeed the best villain ever and the scariest one as well but Christian did great too. It’s just that the Joker role/character is more “noticeable”, especially with how Heath portrayed it, than the Batman role. Joker is loud, crazy, and scary compared to the quiet, kinda stiff, formal role of Batman. But in terms of justifying the roles, I think they both did great. In fact, all the characters did a very good job.  2 thumbs up!

But aside from the actor’s great acting, Chris Nolan also deserves a high five. He just made a movie that would nail the viewers on their seats and never blink an eye. There was never a boring scene and as my friend Jay said, it was not just a superhero story. It’s like everything is there already. Name it you have it.

There were also comments that the ferry scene was so unrealistic and that the people from both ferries should have blown each other right away. Well, the question is, if that was the ending of that scene, do you think it will be as good? I don’t think so. And the scene is not totally unrealistic. It can happen. A chaotic reaction would have been so ordinary.

I think whoever wants to do the next Batman movie should start planning already. They will have to reach the high standard set by the Dark Night.

Oh and don’t forget to smile…or else…

Now we don’t want that, do we?