The Dark Knight

I'm sure by this point the majority of you out there have already seen The Dark Knight at least once. Myself, I've seen it 3 times, and I plan on seeing it at least 4 more times when it reaches my local cinema. I'll talk very shortly about my thoughts on the film.

The movie really is amazing. Heath Ledger is the Joker. Aaron Eckhart is Two-Face. Gary Oldman is Jim Gordon. Christian Bale plays Batman. The Batman voice isn't as over-act"y" as it was in Batman Begins, but it's still kind of bad. Just look at the scene when he says, "I'm not wearing hockey pads." He sounds like he is trying to yell with a bad case of laryngitis. Overall, the movie really is solid. It is one of the best superhero movies I've seen, and one of the better crime dramas I've ever seen. If for some reason you haven't seen it, well, you can't be alive so there's no point in talking to you then.

I think The Dark Knight is going to make people forget about some really great other movies this year. The Incredible Hulk was a great film, to me. I thought it was on par with Iron Man, and better in some ways. The problem is that, with The Dark Knight, most people are going to forget about The Incredible Hulk, especially since it was right after Iron Man as well.

The other big movie I think might get pushed to the wayside is Wall*E. Wall*E is just so endearing, charming, and a great piece of cinematic art. I found myself laughing, crying, and cheering along with the movie. It was really breathtaking, and it just proves that Pixar can do no wrong (What's that about Cars? I've never heard of such a film. It's like all these people trying to tell me about some movie called Batman and Robin. Something about Bat Nipples. Very frightening).

Overall, yes, The Dark Knight was amazing. It showed that a movie based on a comic book franchise can have depth, evoke emotion, and really pull the viewer in, even if they haven't read the entire back catalog of comic book stories related to the character. Just don't let it make you forget about all the other movies that have come out, or are yet to come out, this year.