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.

[DEATH]

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.

Totally agree - that was one of the things I noticed right off but forgot to post.
Also the scene with the Joker laughing as he's being beaten was very similar to a scene in The Crow just purely by his facial expressions.

That was my idea!!lol.. I have also been a comic fan for years and agree with you after reading alot of older comics it seems todays are just "pretty pictures". I am hoping for riddler in the next one. If they make him go along the same creepy and dark road the the joker and even the scarecrow was the it should be awsome.

I too could see that character being done right. For god's sakes tho - stay away from Mr Freeze LOL.
I'm sure all the Batman fans will soon be clamboring for the Bane character altho I thought he was the product of a very comercial era for comics - maybe a re-think but keep the whole addicted to drugs/enhancers w/e they were theme. IDK.

I still can't seem to like homeboy's Batman. He fits the part but as I said before he's not acting - he "acts" this way in every movie [Yes American Psycho too. Especially Equilibrium - I kept waiting for him to show some emotion after he stopped taking the serum but he still seemed bland and lifeless]. I think the guy must really have no personality and his lisp is very unbecoming of the Dark Knight and just rather unmanly in general. he does a better job than all who've come before him so thank god for that.

So noone noticed the Joker/Joker simularities besides me? Maybe they're just in my head?

This post has been edited by DEATH: Aug 4, 2008 - 2:42 PM