Dark Knight, AMAZING Options

[Athorn]

I just got back from the midnight showing. It totaly blew me away. Heath Ledger was amazing as the joker...very creepy. Dont want to spoil it for anyone, just want to see what you guys (and gals) thought of it. It could not be any better for me.

[GriffGirl]

I can totally see where you're coming from with the assimilation of Dark Knight to The Crow. I think it's the use of color throughout the movie. Both of them are literally dark as well as "dark themed". Lots of cool blues balanced by neutral greys and tans and browns in both movies. Use of color in movies can be very focal (The Sixth Sense is a GREAT example of this) and in both of those movies, the color was used to evoke a mood as well as to further denote the general sense of darkness/good vs. evil; the "when is good evil and when is evil good" paradox throughout the movie.


(Or maybe I'm just overthinking it.) I took this Film and Cinema class in college (art school for those of you who don't know already) and that was one of the concepts we covered/explored. I never watched movies before taking that class; they were a constant let-down for me. I felt like I was missing out on an integral part of our culture though, so I took the class, and it opened me up to a whole new perspective with movies. I've always been really glad I took that class!

Anyway, back on-topic. I'd go see it again... I'd really like to see it in an iMax theater next time!