TDK

as Kevin Smith mentioned in a podcast where he was a guest, all of the internet has reviewed the movie so point of discussion must be made to what we like about it instead.

i've seen The Dark Knight twice.

Nothing beats my first screening as i dived into the Batman Nolan-verse. And this dive was deep. Way too deep. Trench deep. I can't imagine watching a comic book movie movie this deep .

i didn't read that many Batman novels. But the established relationship in the mythos is that the Joker is the arch-nemesis. The more mature take is that the Joker is the Batman's anti-thesis. And we did indeed get that mature take.

Sequel to Batman Begins

what i like about TDK is you can watch the Batman Begins Blu-ray, insert the TDK Blu-ray and there will be no time gap. the theme, direction, whatever is directly connected from the prequel to this installment.the Batcave was destroyed in the prequel, now we get the pseudo-hideout-Bat-basement-alternative. Rachel Dawes aged though (Maggie Gyllenhaal replaced Katie Holmes), but became more emotional, acting-equipped. Batman upped the ante when he first appeared and almost eradicated crime, what happens next to Gotham?

An unstoppable force meets an immovable object

The Joker happened.

We meet the insanity and absolute evil of the Joker.

The equal.

Joker quips that line, as if they're talking about themselves as gods in Gotham. and how the Joker manipulated everyone, i'm not surprised by the blasphemy.

Heath Ledger gave the scariest Joker ever. sad to say we won't get an encore.

Best ever

All i can think of is how 'great-great' TDK is, then an aggregate tells me he didn't like it, it's full of talk. (I only noticed that in my 2nd screening, because it's full of ups the first time i saw it).

The answer to that is it's a CHARACTER STUDY.

This story basically tells why Batman isn't considered a hero, but more of a vigilante-detective-crime-fighter. This movie is the journey of how that happened. On why Batman is called 'the Dark Knight'. We know Batman's motivations (from Batman Begins). And then we understand the Joker's motivation (or lack thereof). And we saw the fall of Two-Face (if you don't identify Two-Face, then this line isn't a spoiler).

The bar has been set so high, as Kevin Smith quipped. How they will do another sequel is beyond me (don't think that way anymore and why i'm not in the film business anymore also). it's just so amazing, i left the theater deeply, deeply satisfied. the linear, literal, emotional orientation of the movie is just so right in many fronts, or ends.

i hope i can catch an IMAX screening, the Blu-ray will be awesome.

PS.

i hope they do "Dark Knight Returns" adaptation, which they say is the best graphic novel of all time.