I
just got home from seeing the movie of the above title and I just
released what is most likely the 50 billionth blog for it but what is
most shocking is that I am writing a one-movie review or an attempt at a
review instead of my usual 10 movie recommendations where most picks
don't come from current theater movies which is not going to change
because this will not be on any upcoming installments of my blog series.
I'll put it to Shaun Berk's 10 Movie Recommendations when I am ready.
Christian Bale returns for his second outing as the caped crusader in a role played by such people as Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney. Both Keaton and Bale portray this role more darkly and humanistic and that is what I like to see and that goes for James Bond as well. It was interesting to see Bruce question whether what he is doing is right or not and to admit that he is not the type of hero that Gotham City needs. One interesting thing I noticed about Bale which I have never seen with any other superhero role and I could be wrong but I liked how he disguised his voice when he was wearing his Batman outfit and talked normal as Bruce Wayne.
Now we have the late Heath Ledger in his final role as the Joker. I wondered what kind of approach he would take to the character but I was willing to give him a chance when I saw his name come up as the next Joker even though it is not someone I would have given the first thought to and he sure did not disappoint. If I had no idea who Heath Ledger was or who was playing the Joker, I would have never guessed it would be that same guy from BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. In Tim Burton's 1989 version of BATMAN, we got to see Jack Nicholson who just had so much fun, maybe too much sometimes. With Ledger, we still get the humor but he was just more believable to me than Nicholson in terms of his villainy, is that even a word? In other words, I had more fear of Ledger than I did with Nicholson. In this movie, anything the Joker did, the town would blame Batman for the happening because he was supposed to be that hero that never let anything happen but we all knew that he was doing his best and that he is human. It is too bad that we can't judge his performance while he is still alive.
Now we have Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes for the role of Rachel Dawes who is dating District Attorney Harvey Dent and for those of you who that person is, I will not give it away. Aaron Eckhart plays the role of Dent who is determined to stop crime in Gotham City and who even Bruce Wayne sees that is the type of hero that the town needs. Gyllenhaal was good in her role and I liked her more than I did Katie Holmes. Eckhart was great as Harvey Dent who understood that at the time Batman was needed while not necessarily liking him.
Next we have Gary Oldman, one of my favorite actors, playing Commissioner Gordon who is just Lieutenant for now. Once again, I could be wrong but Gordon seems to actually work instead of only relying on Batman all the time. Oldman is known, and sometimes just too unknown as an actor, for playing more villainous and dark roles but here we see him play an absolutely noble person. Michael Caine returns as Alfred and this is the first time I have seen Alfred actually question a little bit of what Bruce Wayne does, especially in BATMAN BEGINS. Morgan Freeman reprises his role of Lucious Fox who is to Bruce Wayne/Batman what Q is to James Bond.
Other actors include DEAD ZONE star Anthony Michael Hall, Nestor Carbonell, William Fichtner, and Eric Roberts. Also I noticed on imdb.com that Cillian Murphy, who played the Scarecrow in the last movie was credited in that role and if someone can tell me where he is in this movie I would appreciate it. All the actors here did their part making this top 2008's other great superhero movie IRON MAN where both characters have a lot of similarities and I have kind of thought of Iron Man as Marvel's answer to Batman in terms of their reliance on intelligence to fight evil instead of having supernatural powers.
All in all, this movie was great from start to finish and contained an ending which I would have never guessed making me wonder how this would even be continued. The scenery was great, the action was great as well as all the other elements. Christopher Nolan once again directed this movie and did a great job with a cool homage in the beginning of the movie to HEAT. That is my very rare film review. My next installment of movie recommendations so far include Mel Brooks, a musical, a movie with Gary Oldman and two movies containing silent film legends though one is silent, the other is a talkie. This is nothing any of you have not seen but I felt inclined to actually write something myself that is my effort to write a review but I think you would rather me do my usual blog though.
Christian Bale returns for his second outing as the caped crusader in a role played by such people as Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney. Both Keaton and Bale portray this role more darkly and humanistic and that is what I like to see and that goes for James Bond as well. It was interesting to see Bruce question whether what he is doing is right or not and to admit that he is not the type of hero that Gotham City needs. One interesting thing I noticed about Bale which I have never seen with any other superhero role and I could be wrong but I liked how he disguised his voice when he was wearing his Batman outfit and talked normal as Bruce Wayne.
Now we have the late Heath Ledger in his final role as the Joker. I wondered what kind of approach he would take to the character but I was willing to give him a chance when I saw his name come up as the next Joker even though it is not someone I would have given the first thought to and he sure did not disappoint. If I had no idea who Heath Ledger was or who was playing the Joker, I would have never guessed it would be that same guy from BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. In Tim Burton's 1989 version of BATMAN, we got to see Jack Nicholson who just had so much fun, maybe too much sometimes. With Ledger, we still get the humor but he was just more believable to me than Nicholson in terms of his villainy, is that even a word? In other words, I had more fear of Ledger than I did with Nicholson. In this movie, anything the Joker did, the town would blame Batman for the happening because he was supposed to be that hero that never let anything happen but we all knew that he was doing his best and that he is human. It is too bad that we can't judge his performance while he is still alive.
Now we have Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes for the role of Rachel Dawes who is dating District Attorney Harvey Dent and for those of you who that person is, I will not give it away. Aaron Eckhart plays the role of Dent who is determined to stop crime in Gotham City and who even Bruce Wayne sees that is the type of hero that the town needs. Gyllenhaal was good in her role and I liked her more than I did Katie Holmes. Eckhart was great as Harvey Dent who understood that at the time Batman was needed while not necessarily liking him.
Next we have Gary Oldman, one of my favorite actors, playing Commissioner Gordon who is just Lieutenant for now. Once again, I could be wrong but Gordon seems to actually work instead of only relying on Batman all the time. Oldman is known, and sometimes just too unknown as an actor, for playing more villainous and dark roles but here we see him play an absolutely noble person. Michael Caine returns as Alfred and this is the first time I have seen Alfred actually question a little bit of what Bruce Wayne does, especially in BATMAN BEGINS. Morgan Freeman reprises his role of Lucious Fox who is to Bruce Wayne/Batman what Q is to James Bond.
Other actors include DEAD ZONE star Anthony Michael Hall, Nestor Carbonell, William Fichtner, and Eric Roberts. Also I noticed on imdb.com that Cillian Murphy, who played the Scarecrow in the last movie was credited in that role and if someone can tell me where he is in this movie I would appreciate it. All the actors here did their part making this top 2008's other great superhero movie IRON MAN where both characters have a lot of similarities and I have kind of thought of Iron Man as Marvel's answer to Batman in terms of their reliance on intelligence to fight evil instead of having supernatural powers.
All in all, this movie was great from start to finish and contained an ending which I would have never guessed making me wonder how this would even be continued. The scenery was great, the action was great as well as all the other elements. Christopher Nolan once again directed this movie and did a great job with a cool homage in the beginning of the movie to HEAT. That is my very rare film review. My next installment of movie recommendations so far include Mel Brooks, a musical, a movie with Gary Oldman and two movies containing silent film legends though one is silent, the other is a talkie. This is nothing any of you have not seen but I felt inclined to actually write something myself that is my effort to write a review but I think you would rather me do my usual blog though.
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