mspencer82 said:
The Dark Knight, particularly regarding Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. It was by no means a bad movie. It was actually pretty good; just nowhere near as good as Batman begins and hardly the amazing film that people were making it out to be.
I actually think Heath Ledger was the only good thing in this film. Other than him it was pretty bad. One little story arch smashes into the next, with little or no time for actual character development or plot structure. Because of this lack of character development, Two Face came across as a bit of a wuss, rather than a dangerous menace. They tried to incorporate way too much into this film, thusly the only parts that really came alive (Heath Ledgers Joker) were severely limited.
Not only that but the plot, at times, was pointlessly stupid. Even by Hollywood standards. "I will blow up a hospital"... ok... so the Joker has gone and wired an entire fucking hospital up with explosives, in a one hour, without anyone noticing anything? Was the plot written by a 9/11 truther I wonder? Then he wired up two ferries without anyone noticing? Knowing that one would be filled with criminals and the other with average folks?
So in this film the Joker is an invisible bomb expert who can carry 100s of pounds of explosives around hospitals without anyone noticing who also has the predictive powers of Nostradamus?
Caine and Freeman all gave wonderful performances, as they always do. Bales Bruce Wayne was also excellent... his Batman... not so much - Batmans fucking voice. Jeez what the hell where they thinking? Maggie Gylenhall appeared to not realize they were actually filming at the time and thusly gave very wooden performances. Look at this! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFAwV0DQ1CE] Why am I reminded of Anakin and Padame in Star Wars: Revenge of the Horrific Acting? I have seen better performances than this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpR-UtQ5UZ8&feature=PlayList&p=A46FD282DF57769B&index=8] on the damn A-Team. When she says "you make your own luck" I physically cringe. Watch this from 1:00 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRG1tWQN6e8&feature=related]. The superb performance of Ledger only serves to demonstrate how bad the other dude was. This film might have actually been better if The Joker was played by a less powerful actor.
It was a fun, leave your brain at home, and watch some explosions film (a-la Michael Bay). But horribly over-rated.
Sebdeas said:
Titanic easily, 11 oscars and a worldwide boxoffice of $1,8 billion for that piece of crap?
Good news...