The three of us saw "The Dark Knight" Thursday night, one week after it debuted (see "Superheroes and Silly Swedish Songs"), at a way too expensive "Director's" theater. The 2 1/2 hours sped by. Heather Ledger as The Joker (above) is stupendous - he completely dominates the movie. It's hard to believe this is the same guy who was equally good in "Brokeback Mountain" and funny in "Knight's Tale" (his character is so different). Not sure what to make of the assault charges against him, but we loved Christian Bale not only as Batman/Bruce Wayne but also in "The Prestige" and me him in "Rescue Dawn." What's not to like about this movie? Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, even Gary Oldman, who was Harry's godfather in the "Harry Potter" movies? I personally love "Batman" with Michael Keaton, but this takes the cake. I don't want to say that $300 million worth of people in the first 10 days can't be wrong, but - for once - Hollywood and the U.S. viewing public got this right.
If you really haven't seen the movie yet, and don't mind previews (I avoid them, since they spoil most of the movie), (or if you just want to re-live the movie - it's not a bad little preview) (apparenty the distributor toyed with not featuring Ledger in the preview, because they thought people might see this as tasteless, but the got an OK from the family - and Ledger dominates here as in the full-blown movie.) take a peek here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIR9dAZRR0
-- Perry
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