So anyway.
It's certainly one of the best films of the year, and without a doubt the best comic book movie ever made. It's The Godfather of comic book movies -- note, NOT The Godfather, but in the scope of the comic book/super hero genre, it's about as deftly made as possible. Because in all honesty, when a film is dealing with the source material of comic book fare, it's never going to be substantially effecting: the cheesy lines, cliche action sequences, yadda yadda yadda. But this film definitely pushes inborn limitations. This is as artistic as a comic book movie has ever, or will ever be. However, the inverse is true as well. The movie is fun and exciting, containing what I would call "tasteful comicness" -- because after all, it is a comic book film. Without those elements, it would just be some dude in a plastic suit chasing around some psychopath in makeup.
Speaking of that psychopath, how amazing is Heath Ledger as the Joker?
The final scene, where the Joker is hanging upside down as the camera spins around and portrays him rightside up, as he grills Batman about the lines we cross and the transformations we take was so overtly subtle I got goosebumps. I loved how they never game him a back story or any kind of explanation to his crazyness -- he was less a character and more of an entity, just chaos personified. Given him any kind of human trait would have nullified his creepiness. Also, a posthumous nod for Ledger would be nice, but an Oscar win for this performance isn't warranted. Although it was amazing.
Overall, good flick, and definitely one of the best of the year.
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agreed. I understand what you're saying now.
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