The Dark Knight

Went to see The Dark Knight this morning…wow! Go see it!!!

Ok, bit of a longer review avoiding any spoilers…first point is it’s loooooong, about 2 1/2 hours but doesn’t drag & as there are around 5 different plot strands going at once it does allow time for all of them to breathe & resolve in a proper manner…well, most of them anyway . Heath Ledger is VERY good as The Joker so believe the hype, forget all about Jack Nicholson this is a different kind of freak, complete psycho, no redeeming features at all & pretty chilling. You can’t help but think about what happened to him & it does cast a shadow over everything, especially the Joker’s suicidal tendancies. However, even without his death this would still be a Hell of a performance. He does over-shadow Batman / Bruce Wayne which never really happened in Batman Begins & is a bit of a shame but he isn’t in it constantly so you do get those cool moments when Bruce is just doing his thing.

Plot wise, like I said, about 5 going so you have to pay attention, this is a much more adult superhero film than Spider-Man for example. I read a review that described it as the “Goodfellas” of Superhero films & that’s pretty accurate. It is brutal in places & throws up a lot to think about, if you’re that kind of person, if not plenty of stuff still goes bang & you can just go with the ride.

So far my film of the year…9/10, loses a point for The Joker wearing make-up & not actually having his skin bleached white & all the hair on his body turned green like in the comics…but I’m a geek like that!