I do know a bit about movies, like I know a bit about wine (although I've seen hundreds more movies, than I've drank different wines). Bad movie to use as a reference: Volcano: If Tommy Lee Jones must tell you to run away from molten lava, well, that's just natural selection. If you think I buy a stack of cement blocks and fire trucks holding back twenty feet of angry molten lava you can drown me in Jed Clampett's ce-ment pond. The Dark Knight is what it set-out to be, it lived-up to it's hype. Most tent-pole blockbusters just can't seem to make the climb. This time, I sat in the theater and was rewarded. I liked: The look of the film, the pacing, the characters, the story, the action... here's how I (and I'm not telling you how to feel) knew Heath Ledger was worthy of Oscar consideration: When he left the screen I thought about getting popcorn (within a good story/good movie). I love Christian Bale, but he's doing a great job being Batman. This part has always been and will always be constraining. Great antagonists always steal the show (See Batman with Nicholson and Keaton), here was a great thief reinventing himself. I will now admit to being apathetic about Heath Ledger. Which makes my excitement over his character that much more confusing to me. He was unrecognizable. The Joker was unpredictable, anarchistic, chaotic, quiet. Heath Ledger disappeared and the Joker appeared, fully realized. His death and the following hype about the work he'd done as the Joker made me a skeptic (rarely does reality meet hype). Which again shows how my opinion did a 180 (I know you guys have no reference point, but its a big deal for my wife for me to a do 180, because I don't do them). Count me as a fan of Mr. Ledger and as such, saddened by what we're all going to miss. That which we will never know. The ending of Dark Knight so clearly set-up a rematch. Christian Bale, forgive me, but I would hope the man who American Psycho could not ever be stolen from... knows a great character and great portrayal. Will Mr. Ledger win? I have no idea... I just know he helped make a great movie great. I was 13 when I saw Jaws (the scariest movie ever made), 18 with Indiana Jones (when I fell in love with movies), 16 when I encountered Animal House... then I started watching everything I could. Old, new, foriegn... I've taken jobs just to take movies home. It doesn't mean I know shit. It means I love movies and the escape they provide. Movies even serve as benchmarks in my life... its been a long time. The Dark Knight is now a benchmark. buy unique gifts at Zazzle |
  
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