Something different, a review of “The Dark Knight”
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Hi everyone;
I have taken a part time job at a movie house so I can post some reviws, minimum wage and no benifits, but free films. I will be posting these on my scruffymedia.com site. but my “Batman” series, I will be crossposting. After this I should be getting back to the usual crap.
By the way, by getting some of this stuff out I am calmer and happier.
My first (set of) reveiws is on “The Dark Knight”, enjoy.
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Yes, a guy who happily admits when he is wrong, and was I wrong!
On the 20th I went to see “The Dark Knight” expecting to complain and let everyone know what is wrong with it. I hated “Top Gun” (take out the people and you might have a nice documentary), I thought that “Transformers” was the biggest piece of crap only rivaled in its “crapulance by “Men In Black”.
Yes, I enjoy being that lone (because no one wants to see films with me anymore) voice of reason in the wilderness, the one saying that the emperor has no clothes, the one who says “forget the hype and think, just think for yourself”.
So I walked into the theatre feeling all superior, but am glad to say, I WAS WRONG!!!!!!!!!
Not only was I wrong, but in a movie acted by some of the most talented people alive, I was blown away. It was like 2 movies in one, the movie, and Mr. Ledger showing everyone else, how it should be done.
Yes I was very wrong and I will set out to see Mr. Ledger’s other films as I would like to see if this performance was created by a talent outclassing all others, or, that once in a lifetime role when an actor goes beyond himself and gives the world the best that they have, a moment in time, a point of perfection, their best performance, paling everything before, and filling future performances with a sadness in the knowledge that, it is over, now they are just marking time until retirement.
This, by the way could be why this young tragic death has touched so many of us, perhaps it makes us think, “have I already given my best, am I just putting in time until my own demise”?
Either way this is a movie that I, and I am sure many others, will put on our shelfs next to movies like “Citizen Kane”, “12 Angry men” and “Casablanca”.
As for me, what is next, well, I have my ticket to go back to that theatre and see, you guessed it, “The Dark Knight”, and loose myself in a performance that to me is as perfect and captivating as the angelic voice of Mario Lanza.
Perfection in any form touches us all, some say it brings us closer to god, and this mans work in this film does just that.
Thank you Mr. Ledger.
Be happy, be good to others and always remember to be good to your self
Glenn
gaburley@talkingtoghosts.com