2008-07-19, 03:45 AM
The movie was perfect.
It has some small issues but nothing that takes away from the film at all. The characters were great, especially Ledger's Joker which seemed to channeling the murderous clever psychopath of the classic Joker from the earlier days of the Joker comic book character.
The twists in the plot and the way the movie also analyzes hero and villain archetypes and what they mean was a great touch. It really gave some powerful energy to Harvey Dent's portion of the story as well as Joker's and Batman's leading to that awesome climax at the end with Two Face.
Another thing I'm loving is that this movie did well in portraying the Keysi fighting system much better then the first movie did. You actually see all the hammer fists and elbow strikes and arm and shoulder control moves though it disappointed me he ended most of the enemies with a simple punch.
Plus, it also gave us the gritty realism of reality with people getting hurt and at times dying in small moments. Nothing was over played in a dramatic fashion or not shown, it was all real and made you flinch.
I really hope this sets a precedent for the studios making the up coming comic book movies for both Marvel and DC and whatever others to do a good job and not settle for bare minimums and mediocre finished work anymore.
We want happy accidents and strong movie making with good acting, good writing, and good cinematography with touches of 3D and computer graphics if needed to enhance moments that can't be done with the previously mentioned things.
Marvel accomplished this with Iron Man bringing the strong leading man of Rodney Downey Jr into the role of Tony Stark which made the movie and the use of NURB based 3D modeling for the suit didn't ruin anything, it made the movie better. Also, the good acting by a majority of the cast only made the movie stronger.
Now with the Dark Knight the excellent acting skills of everyone on set plus the awesome special effects and special make up effects for Joker and Two face created a powerful comic book hero film. And like Downey Jr before him, Ledger really took this role and made it his own. Sadly, he took his method acting to a level that's dangerous and it partially added to his tragic death.
Here's hoping Watchmen can create for us a hat trick of strong acting and great move making.
It has some small issues but nothing that takes away from the film at all. The characters were great, especially Ledger's Joker which seemed to channeling the murderous clever psychopath of the classic Joker from the earlier days of the Joker comic book character.
The twists in the plot and the way the movie also analyzes hero and villain archetypes and what they mean was a great touch. It really gave some powerful energy to Harvey Dent's portion of the story as well as Joker's and Batman's leading to that awesome climax at the end with Two Face.
Another thing I'm loving is that this movie did well in portraying the Keysi fighting system much better then the first movie did. You actually see all the hammer fists and elbow strikes and arm and shoulder control moves though it disappointed me he ended most of the enemies with a simple punch.
Plus, it also gave us the gritty realism of reality with people getting hurt and at times dying in small moments. Nothing was over played in a dramatic fashion or not shown, it was all real and made you flinch.
I really hope this sets a precedent for the studios making the up coming comic book movies for both Marvel and DC and whatever others to do a good job and not settle for bare minimums and mediocre finished work anymore.
We want happy accidents and strong movie making with good acting, good writing, and good cinematography with touches of 3D and computer graphics if needed to enhance moments that can't be done with the previously mentioned things.
Marvel accomplished this with Iron Man bringing the strong leading man of Rodney Downey Jr into the role of Tony Stark which made the movie and the use of NURB based 3D modeling for the suit didn't ruin anything, it made the movie better. Also, the good acting by a majority of the cast only made the movie stronger.
Now with the Dark Knight the excellent acting skills of everyone on set plus the awesome special effects and special make up effects for Joker and Two face created a powerful comic book hero film. And like Downey Jr before him, Ledger really took this role and made it his own. Sadly, he took his method acting to a level that's dangerous and it partially added to his tragic death.
Here's hoping Watchmen can create for us a hat trick of strong acting and great move making.