SpoonMan999
07-18-2008, 07:21 PM
Ok, before I start with spoilers I want those who haven't seen it to get the gist of how I feel about the film.
I'd like to start off by saying I had high expectations for this film, I've been drooling over it and eating up all the viral material they've released for around a year now. I actually went to the midnight showing despite need to leave for work at 5 a.m. I went home yesterday and slept till 8 p.m. and then got in line. In fact, if I didn't have to be at work, I would have stayed and watched the 3 a.m. showing that followed as well.
Absolutely amazing, this is by far the best comic book film ever made and Heath Ledger gives the best performance of his unfortunately short career. The story telling is spectacular, as you should expect from people like the Nolan brothers and David Goyer, and the acting was just top notch to the end. For those of you thinking, "Bleh, comic movies are just action movies with tights." Well, firstly, **** you. Secondly, this is not an action film. There is plenty of action and all of it suberbly done but this is an intense, emotional, and intelligent film.
Christian Bale - Seriously, **** all the other Batmans (Adam West excluded), Christian Bale IS Batman. He gives a great performance and has paved the way to becoming one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Maggie Gyllenhaal - A huge improvement over Katie Holmes, Maggie gives a great performance as aslways. Not much to really say about her except that she really give the character a little extra oomph.
Michael Caine - He's Michael Caine, do I really need to say anything?
Gary Oldman - Read above comment and replace "Michael Caine" with "Gary ****ing Oldman."
Aaron Eckhart - Wow, I knew he was a good actor and great at playing lovable characters but wow. He far exceeded my expectations and was completely awesome as Harvey Dent. You absolutely love his character from begining to end and really feel sympathy for him after his transformation into Two-face.
And of course...
Heath Ledger - Dear ***...after watching this film and his performance I'm convinced that you could put this man in a movie with monkeys and space pirates who speak French and his performance would be Oscar worthy. I cannot stress enough how amazing he was in his roll as the Joker. His voice, his demeanor, his laugh, even the way he licked his lips constantly were all frightening, amusing, and yet you can't help but love him. He's an absolute monster of a human being and yet I felt like I would have been buying him a beer and telling people, "He's not that bad." Unforunately he wont get an Oscar nod because it's a comic book movie and if he does it'll be because he's dead. I hate the academy so much.
Score? 10/10
Not much could have made this film better, and changing anything may have risked ruining it.
Now, spoilers!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For those of you who have seen the film I just want to point at that the pencil trick is the absolute greatest thing known to man. If you disagree, then you my friend have no class.
Also, is it me or did the movie need more Two-face? I loved the little bits we got but I wanted more. And did he die at the end? Or was he unconscious? I think he was dead but people did argue the point so I'm curious what you all thought.
End spoilers~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I almost forget to bring up the trailers! Which were almost as bad ass as the film itself. Terminator 4 with Christian Bale as an adult John Conners during the machine war? **** YES.
Watchmen? Oh *** Dr. Manhattan looked so rediculously bad ass.
I'd like to start off by saying I had high expectations for this film, I've been drooling over it and eating up all the viral material they've released for around a year now. I actually went to the midnight showing despite need to leave for work at 5 a.m. I went home yesterday and slept till 8 p.m. and then got in line. In fact, if I didn't have to be at work, I would have stayed and watched the 3 a.m. showing that followed as well.
Absolutely amazing, this is by far the best comic book film ever made and Heath Ledger gives the best performance of his unfortunately short career. The story telling is spectacular, as you should expect from people like the Nolan brothers and David Goyer, and the acting was just top notch to the end. For those of you thinking, "Bleh, comic movies are just action movies with tights." Well, firstly, **** you. Secondly, this is not an action film. There is plenty of action and all of it suberbly done but this is an intense, emotional, and intelligent film.
Christian Bale - Seriously, **** all the other Batmans (Adam West excluded), Christian Bale IS Batman. He gives a great performance and has paved the way to becoming one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Maggie Gyllenhaal - A huge improvement over Katie Holmes, Maggie gives a great performance as aslways. Not much to really say about her except that she really give the character a little extra oomph.
Michael Caine - He's Michael Caine, do I really need to say anything?
Gary Oldman - Read above comment and replace "Michael Caine" with "Gary ****ing Oldman."
Aaron Eckhart - Wow, I knew he was a good actor and great at playing lovable characters but wow. He far exceeded my expectations and was completely awesome as Harvey Dent. You absolutely love his character from begining to end and really feel sympathy for him after his transformation into Two-face.
And of course...
Heath Ledger - Dear ***...after watching this film and his performance I'm convinced that you could put this man in a movie with monkeys and space pirates who speak French and his performance would be Oscar worthy. I cannot stress enough how amazing he was in his roll as the Joker. His voice, his demeanor, his laugh, even the way he licked his lips constantly were all frightening, amusing, and yet you can't help but love him. He's an absolute monster of a human being and yet I felt like I would have been buying him a beer and telling people, "He's not that bad." Unforunately he wont get an Oscar nod because it's a comic book movie and if he does it'll be because he's dead. I hate the academy so much.
Score? 10/10
Not much could have made this film better, and changing anything may have risked ruining it.
Now, spoilers!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For those of you who have seen the film I just want to point at that the pencil trick is the absolute greatest thing known to man. If you disagree, then you my friend have no class.
Also, is it me or did the movie need more Two-face? I loved the little bits we got but I wanted more. And did he die at the end? Or was he unconscious? I think he was dead but people did argue the point so I'm curious what you all thought.
End spoilers~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I almost forget to bring up the trailers! Which were almost as bad ass as the film itself. Terminator 4 with Christian Bale as an adult John Conners during the machine war? **** YES.
Watchmen? Oh *** Dr. Manhattan looked so rediculously bad ass.