This movie almost lost me halfway through. I'm not going to spoil it, but it was something that had the comic fan in me saying "No! Tell me they didn't just do that! Tell me it was a swerve!' It was, and when I found out it was that was the moment I fell in love with the movie completely.
This is a great movie. That should have come as no surprise for me because no less that three theater employees told me so on the way in.
This is a film that not only respects the characters but also the fans of the characters.
The acting was great all around. I had my doubts on Eckhart and Ledger based on the trailers, but the trailer didn't show the best part of their perfomances.
Is Ledger as good as they say? Yeah. Is he better than Jack Nicholson, well, it's like comparing apples and oranges. Nicholson was the best Joker for the movie he was in. Ledger for his. Will Ledger get an Oscar? I think its a worthy performance, but perhaps too out there for the Academy.
But I will say this, this probably is the best presentation of the Joker in any medium. He is an agent of chaos, a living embodiment of the Loki the trickster god. Part of that is due to Ledger, part of that is due to excellent writing.
I, unfortunately, did not get the Watchmen trailer. I instead got the Spirit, which looks positively awful.
I loved this movie. And I agree that the acting was really good. I like Batman Begins but I thought that the acting in that film was overdone and a bit melodramatic at times. There was none of that in this film. Ledger was brilliant.
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ReplyDeleteIt was too long, and like Spiderman 3 shoved too much movie into one film. Heath Ledger was good, but not great, and all in all I felt pretty bored by the time Two-Face was revealed.
Sadly, I only give a 7 of 10, since the action was great, Joker was portrayed and written better than ever before and there was some reasonably good character growth in our hero.
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