The Dark Knight
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Saw this last night. It was overly long and had about 3 points where it could end but boy, did I enjoy it. Having recently seen Hancock and the Incredible Hulk and thought what utter rubbish they were it was refreshing to be comprehensively entertained and thrilled by a film directed by someone as masterful as Christopher Nolan. Personally I think he made this film as good as it was. It's not a complicated plot by a long chalk either so I don't understand why some people seem confused by 'Freeman quitting' and 'Batman quitting' - unless they only ever watch standard Hollywood moron fare and there brains have become too altered to understand plot arcs and character developement in one 2 and half hour sitting.
Anyway, it's good etc etc and a huge improvement over Batman Begins which was overhyped and not as good as its reviews.As for Heath Ledger and his performance I have a theory. Heath Ledger was also working on Terry Gilliam's film the Imagination of Dr Parnassus before he died. Now I don't know when shooting began or if work/readings started during the Dark Knight but certain mannerisms, body movements, tics etc reminded me of the actor playing the Devil in Gilliams film. I'm not saying Heath Ledger was ripping off Tom Waits (Heath was a better actor than Waits ever will be I think) but if you've ever seen Tom Waits live or seen footage of him performing there are uncanny similarities.