Christian Bale in a batsuit is really to die for! I can just imagine running my fingers all over his suit (with him in it of course!). He is still by far the best looking Batman around! Especially when he spread his bat wings and flew down, goodness, which other caped crusader can look this good? Alright, we all have our shallow moments, just like Lin Chiling (of "Red Cliff") is the object of many men's desires. ;-p
In any case, this is by far the best Batman movie I have seen. In fact, ever since Christian Bale came into the picture, the Batman stories have become better. In the previous one ("Batman Begins") and now "The Dark Knight", the characters all have more depth, as compared to the previous versions of Batman, where the characters were more a combination of comic relief and cheesiness (just imagine the Terminator as Mr Freeze).
Not just the best Batman movie, this should be one of the best movies I have seen this year. Definitely much better than "Indiana Jones", something of the same genre - action / fantasy. Much better than "Iron Man" and even "Incredible Hulk" (even though the green-eyed monster is pretty good too).
I remember I was drooling over Christian Bale in a batsuit after watching "Batman Begins". That was one of my earlier posts (I think) a few years back already. Hmm... can see just how long I have been blogging. In any case, what makes this show stand out?
The theme itself is good. This version of Batman shows more of his vulnarability and his human side, and not a totally expressionless, unfeeling superhero who does not fall. He was really worried and distraught when his ex-girlfriend got thrown off the building by the Joker, and one could really feel his trauma when he went all out to save the girl from being bombed to death, only to realise he was given the wrong directions and he ended up saving the District Attorney instead. Not to mention the guilt he felt when people were dying because of him, and the girl he loved was blasted.
Besides this, we have the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, and a darn good one too. The character he protrayed has so much depth that it was as if the role itself was made just for him! It was as if no one else could pull off this role! His posthumous performance was his most virtuoso, and he did not depend on his boyish looks (how could he when his face was streaked with lots of paint the whole time, making him look like a clown?) but on his voice projection, his tone, his gestures and his sarcasm. A pity his budding career was cut short just like that, I daresay after this performance he could really stand out on his own as a good actor and not just a pretty face. Meatier roles could go to him if not for his sudden demise.
Not to mention the charismatic and passionate District Attorney (also played to perfection by Aaron Eckhart). He really epitomised what the Joker wanted - someone with so much goodness being able to fall, and when fallen, really sold his soul to the devil (figuratively). How he became the true believer of Batman being able to save the world (the city at least) to his injury in the fire, resulting in half his face being scarred, to the death of his girlfriend, and finally, to being "Two-Face", exacting revenge on anyone and everyone involved in the death of his girlfriend and his predicament, from a heart full of justice to a heart full of hatred.
The last words Batman said to the Joker when he (the Joker) realised that people were not killing each other according to his plan, was so meaningful. Batman told the Joker that there is still goodness even in the nastiest of criminals, do not think everyone is as ugly as him. And that was what he believed. That is what I believe too, that there is still goodness in this world.
So how did he become the Dark Knight? The movie is dark, in every sense of the word. The theme, the scenery (most of them were shot at night), and towards the end, when in a bid to save the District Attorney's reputation, Batman allowed everyone to blame him for everything that happened, and he ran away to escape persecution.
Even the son of Lietenant (later Commissioner) Gordon said to him, "Why must he run away? He did not do anything wrong." To which Gordon said, "Yes, he did not do anything wrong. He is a hero, but not the hero people need for now. And that is why he must run, and what is why we must capture him."
And this is the kind of superhero I fancy - not the all brawns but no brains kind, but the brainy, brawny kind with a big heart, one who is ever willing to put others first above himself, just like Spiderman.
In any case, this is by far the best Batman movie I have seen. In fact, ever since Christian Bale came into the picture, the Batman stories have become better. In the previous one ("Batman Begins") and now "The Dark Knight", the characters all have more depth, as compared to the previous versions of Batman, where the characters were more a combination of comic relief and cheesiness (just imagine the Terminator as Mr Freeze).
Not just the best Batman movie, this should be one of the best movies I have seen this year. Definitely much better than "Indiana Jones", something of the same genre - action / fantasy. Much better than "Iron Man" and even "Incredible Hulk" (even though the green-eyed monster is pretty good too).
I remember I was drooling over Christian Bale in a batsuit after watching "Batman Begins". That was one of my earlier posts (I think) a few years back already. Hmm... can see just how long I have been blogging. In any case, what makes this show stand out?
The theme itself is good. This version of Batman shows more of his vulnarability and his human side, and not a totally expressionless, unfeeling superhero who does not fall. He was really worried and distraught when his ex-girlfriend got thrown off the building by the Joker, and one could really feel his trauma when he went all out to save the girl from being bombed to death, only to realise he was given the wrong directions and he ended up saving the District Attorney instead. Not to mention the guilt he felt when people were dying because of him, and the girl he loved was blasted.
Besides this, we have the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, and a darn good one too. The character he protrayed has so much depth that it was as if the role itself was made just for him! It was as if no one else could pull off this role! His posthumous performance was his most virtuoso, and he did not depend on his boyish looks (how could he when his face was streaked with lots of paint the whole time, making him look like a clown?) but on his voice projection, his tone, his gestures and his sarcasm. A pity his budding career was cut short just like that, I daresay after this performance he could really stand out on his own as a good actor and not just a pretty face. Meatier roles could go to him if not for his sudden demise.
Not to mention the charismatic and passionate District Attorney (also played to perfection by Aaron Eckhart). He really epitomised what the Joker wanted - someone with so much goodness being able to fall, and when fallen, really sold his soul to the devil (figuratively). How he became the true believer of Batman being able to save the world (the city at least) to his injury in the fire, resulting in half his face being scarred, to the death of his girlfriend, and finally, to being "Two-Face", exacting revenge on anyone and everyone involved in the death of his girlfriend and his predicament, from a heart full of justice to a heart full of hatred.
The last words Batman said to the Joker when he (the Joker) realised that people were not killing each other according to his plan, was so meaningful. Batman told the Joker that there is still goodness even in the nastiest of criminals, do not think everyone is as ugly as him. And that was what he believed. That is what I believe too, that there is still goodness in this world.
So how did he become the Dark Knight? The movie is dark, in every sense of the word. The theme, the scenery (most of them were shot at night), and towards the end, when in a bid to save the District Attorney's reputation, Batman allowed everyone to blame him for everything that happened, and he ran away to escape persecution.
Even the son of Lietenant (later Commissioner) Gordon said to him, "Why must he run away? He did not do anything wrong." To which Gordon said, "Yes, he did not do anything wrong. He is a hero, but not the hero people need for now. And that is why he must run, and what is why we must capture him."
And this is the kind of superhero I fancy - not the all brawns but no brains kind, but the brainy, brawny kind with a big heart, one who is ever willing to put others first above himself, just like Spiderman.
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