So, I saw Dark Knight this weekend. I have to say, it was a great movie, and I'd give it an 8/10. Which is rather disappointing for me, since I very much wanted to (and still wish I could) give it a 10/10.
I don't know what to say. It was a brilliantly conceived and beautifully crafted movie, IMO. The story was amazing. The plot twists had me guessing the whole time. Characters did things that surprised me and threw me off in a good way without breaking character or being unrealistic. The themes of sacrifice, of fallen heroes, of moral choices etc. were beautifully done. The world-building was awesome. Gotham felt real. The film had a grand, epic feel to it that most movies today can't touch. It really felt like it was the beginning of a new criminal era, and that was great. The action was great. The gadgets were great. The cinematography was great. The music was great. The mood and atmosphere were great. The cat and mouse feel with Joker and Batman was great. Seriously, the other films this summer aren't even in the same league as this. So why am I giving it an 8 instead of a 10?
For me, the film had one flaw that I can't ignore. It lacked passion. Or heart, or chemistry, or whatever you want to call it. It was overly cerebral, and any emotion I felt for the characters while watching it was felt as if through a barrier. Kind of like in the winter, when you're wearing mittens. You can feel things through them, but they're dulled and distant, and you wish you could take them off and feel with your naked fingers. That was how this film felt to me emotionally. I don't think it was the fault of the actors. I think it was a stylistic choice to be understated and subtle. Which is fine, but I think they overdid it, and I found myself watching events unfeelingly, including events that by all rights should have had me emotionally gutted.
Obviously there are thousands and thousands of people who would disagree. I mean, the film's got a friggin' 9.7 rating on IMDb from over 40k people. So maybe I'm the one that's screwy here, and I'm missing something. I don't know. But I do know that I really, really wish I could be one of those 40k people who voted a 10 on the thing. I really wish I could have loved this movie as much as I wanted to. I really wish I could have felt more during the movie and thought less. I love action movies. I love superhero movies. And I loved the first Tim Burton Batman movie as well as Batman Begins. I can't understand why I didn't love this one. They got 99 out of 100 things perfect with this. But the 1 thing they missed was a big one for me. Argh.
I liked it a lot. And there are so many parts of it that seriously awe me and blow me away. But in the end, it didn't live up to the hype for me, and it felt emotionally hollow. And that makes me really sad.
I'm going to see it again. In the past, sometimes certain films have grown on me. I didn't love them on first viewing, but with subsequent viewings, I liked them more and more. Blade Runner was like that. And it's now one of my favorite movies. I'm hoping the same happens with Dark Knight. By all rights, I should have loved this film.
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But my real problem with the movie was the fact that Batman wasn't much of a hero. Throughout the whole movie he seemed to be ready to throw in the towel. It was irritating. And, when ever he decided to be an hero is wasn't for the reasons i'd say a 'superhero' would do it for.
Honestly, it started to remind me of Spiderman.
But, if i stopped looking at this movie as a 'superhero' movie I could learn to love it.
I agree with the passion. Leaving the movie theater, i felt the same as i did entering it. The only difference was that i knew the movie was really good. I didn't fall in love with the movie as i did with Iron Man nor anything else along those lines.
In most aspects, this movie was better then Iron Man- but i would rather see Iron man again then bat-man.
Batman is still an awesome movie. ONE of the best movies of the summer. I mean, i haven't even seen stepbrothers yet.. lol
Hellboy was really good. I love Abe. :]
However, I still give it a 9.5/10. xD I don't really rate the emotional void as worth two whole points, I guess. Perhaps it's just because I feel it only detracted from the movie a tiny amount.
I didn't have a "Planet of the Apes" moment though. Like when I went to see the new Planet of the Apes movie, the ending just left me sitting there scratching my head wondering what the hell? :/
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That scene when Batman had to choose between Rachel and Harvey. When Rachel confessed to Harvey that she loved him, that was supposed to really touch me, but it didn't. When Batman came to rescue Harvey, and Harvey cried out, "No! Why are you coming for me?"... that's when I realized that he truly did love her. Yet it didn't move me. I wasn't even crying. That's saying something because I cry during movies a LOT.
And the ending. Batman taking the blame for the killings and running away... Gordon's son asking why he's running away. Gordon's reply. All of that should have gotten me really emotional, but it didn't.
(I was, however, close to tears when Harvey held his gun to the kid's head. Which is weird since I never really liked Gordon. He's a nice guy and all, but I just couldn't relate to him... until that scene.)
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I really don't understand why. I mean, I liked the ending. In fact, I really liked the whole thing, plot-wise. Why? Why didn't it work for us? DX
Yeah. One would think that if the main character's love interest gets blown to bits, one ought to feel something. But I didn't. It was like, "oh well, she blew up."
And yes, I loved the idea of the ending. The heroism there sounds great as a theme, but I felt nothing. Again. It was really frustrating, because I wanted to feel, but I couldn't. Weird.