Okay... I just DO NOT get all the drooling over "The Dark Knight!" My thirteen year old daughter and I are huge comic book movie fans and so we were both very eager to see this movie. Off we went accompanied by my wife who was also anxious to see it. Let me say that I LOVE Batman, and I especially loved Tim Burton's 1989 movie. That film re-invented Batman for popular culture. It was creative genius and I would say that not only is it a classic but it is a masterpiece. Because I love Batman I really wanted to love TDK. I wanted it to be awesome. I thought BB was a very good film, although not great, and not near Tim Burton's, but I was hopeful that TDK would blow them all out of the water. I can honestly say that I really tried to like it, but after seeing it, while I can't say I hated it, I'm pretty close, and here in point form is why:
- THE PLOT: Before I get into this I must say that I thought Robert Downey Jr.'s comments on the film's plot were hilarious and right on. Google Robert Downey Jr. and The Dark Knight to check it out. Anyways, the plot was IMO crap. There was no over arching story that led up to a climax. The two scenes at the end (the climax?), the bit with the two boats (which was not a bad idea), and the whole scene battling the Joker in the tower, had a VERY TENUOUS connection to the film's main plot (if I can call it that). They were just stuck there at the end. The tower scene itself was just wierd. There was no build up to it, and where did the Joker get all those people, and how did he tie them up like that? Did he do it himself? How is that possible? Did he have people helping him. Where are they, and where did they go? To me the main (not considering the sub-plots here) plot (?) boiled down to this: The Joker's going to blow up this, Batman fails to stop it. The Joker's going to blow up that, Batman fails to stop it. Now he's going to blow this up, oh wait, now he's fighting Batman and Batman captures him. The end. I tell ya... when it got to Joker blowing up the hospital I actually looked at my watch and thought "man this is a long movie and it's getting tedious."
-THE CHARACTERS: Did any of the characters endear themselves to the audience? Not in my books. Let me break it down.
Bruce Wayne: Did NOTHING to endear himself to the audience, he was just there.
Batman: To quote a guy on Facebook, "Batman is no longer a role model for kids. They have made him a violent asshole." Amen! I totally agree. Not only that but I tell you what, I took my 13 year old daughter (who LOVES comic book movies) to see TDK and after the movie, before I even commented, she said: "Pffttt... some hero Batman is... he didn't even really do anything till the end of the movie and by then I didn't care." I felt the same way. What kind of super hero can't even rescue the girl? (I know, I know... it was part of the making of Two-Face... whatever! The hero should at least be able to rescue the girl for crying out loud) And for the record, that over-the-top Batman growling boarders on ridiculous. Frikin' guy can't even stay on his bike! F-
Racheal Dawe Ugghhh... horrible performance. The worst in the film. No spark, no personality... and Bruce and Harvey are madly in love with this girl? Please!
Joker: Keep all that Hollywood hype nonsense about Heath's incredible performance yadda, yadda, yadda... I call it Clockwork Orange plagerization! Jack Nicholson was creepy, scary, and hilarious all at the same time, unlike Heath's ONE NOTE performance. He was the same from the beginning of the film to the end. "But wait..." some say, "notice that he hated his father, that gives him depth!" Nonsense! Simplistic! A one note performance.
Commissioner Gordon: Ahhh Comissioner Gordon... you might have been a good character if we had got to know you a bit better, and ESPECIALLY YOUR FAMILY, but unfortunately the film makers only had your wife open the door a couple of times, and your son only showed his face once. Made it kinda hard to connect and really care at the end when they were in trouble.
Harvey Dent: The only character I thought was remotely endearing.
-THE LACK OF HUMOUR. There was none. Which leads me to say...
-IT WAS NOT FUN.
-THE LOOK OF THE FILM: Burton's film was dark in tone but it still had color to it, lot's of color, and it was beautiful to look at. TDK is just dull in plot and in colors.
-THE SCORE: The music in TDK was TOTALLY forgettable, in fact some of the action scenes had no music, unlike Elfman's incredible soundtracks for Burton's films.
-Last but not least I have to get this off my chest. I over looked it in BB because that film was at least pretty good but I'm not going to over look it in this pile of dung... THE BATMOBILE. Give me a break! The Batmobile should be (and always has been...) a sleek, and awesome sports car, the kind that every fanboy would like to have in his driveway, not some clunky, cumbersome, tank-like, military assault vehicle! That thing SUCKS! Trash it now please!
In conclusion I would like to say that I would take Burton's Batman over that tedious, dour, morous, humourless, and anarchistic pile of sh*t any day!
Am I alone in this opinion?
- THE PLOT: Before I get into this I must say that I thought Robert Downey Jr.'s comments on the film's plot were hilarious and right on. Google Robert Downey Jr. and The Dark Knight to check it out. Anyways, the plot was IMO crap. There was no over arching story that led up to a climax. The two scenes at the end (the climax?), the bit with the two boats (which was not a bad idea), and the whole scene battling the Joker in the tower, had a VERY TENUOUS connection to the film's main plot (if I can call it that). They were just stuck there at the end. The tower scene itself was just wierd. There was no build up to it, and where did the Joker get all those people, and how did he tie them up like that? Did he do it himself? How is that possible? Did he have people helping him. Where are they, and where did they go? To me the main (not considering the sub-plots here) plot (?) boiled down to this: The Joker's going to blow up this, Batman fails to stop it. The Joker's going to blow up that, Batman fails to stop it. Now he's going to blow this up, oh wait, now he's fighting Batman and Batman captures him. The end. I tell ya... when it got to Joker blowing up the hospital I actually looked at my watch and thought "man this is a long movie and it's getting tedious."
-THE CHARACTERS: Did any of the characters endear themselves to the audience? Not in my books. Let me break it down.
Bruce Wayne: Did NOTHING to endear himself to the audience, he was just there.
Batman: To quote a guy on Facebook, "Batman is no longer a role model for kids. They have made him a violent asshole." Amen! I totally agree. Not only that but I tell you what, I took my 13 year old daughter (who LOVES comic book movies) to see TDK and after the movie, before I even commented, she said: "Pffttt... some hero Batman is... he didn't even really do anything till the end of the movie and by then I didn't care." I felt the same way. What kind of super hero can't even rescue the girl? (I know, I know... it was part of the making of Two-Face... whatever! The hero should at least be able to rescue the girl for crying out loud) And for the record, that over-the-top Batman growling boarders on ridiculous. Frikin' guy can't even stay on his bike! F-
Racheal Dawe Ugghhh... horrible performance. The worst in the film. No spark, no personality... and Bruce and Harvey are madly in love with this girl? Please!
Joker: Keep all that Hollywood hype nonsense about Heath's incredible performance yadda, yadda, yadda... I call it Clockwork Orange plagerization! Jack Nicholson was creepy, scary, and hilarious all at the same time, unlike Heath's ONE NOTE performance. He was the same from the beginning of the film to the end. "But wait..." some say, "notice that he hated his father, that gives him depth!" Nonsense! Simplistic! A one note performance.
Commissioner Gordon: Ahhh Comissioner Gordon... you might have been a good character if we had got to know you a bit better, and ESPECIALLY YOUR FAMILY, but unfortunately the film makers only had your wife open the door a couple of times, and your son only showed his face once. Made it kinda hard to connect and really care at the end when they were in trouble.
Harvey Dent: The only character I thought was remotely endearing.
-THE LACK OF HUMOUR. There was none. Which leads me to say...
-IT WAS NOT FUN.
-THE LOOK OF THE FILM: Burton's film was dark in tone but it still had color to it, lot's of color, and it was beautiful to look at. TDK is just dull in plot and in colors.
-THE SCORE: The music in TDK was TOTALLY forgettable, in fact some of the action scenes had no music, unlike Elfman's incredible soundtracks for Burton's films.
-Last but not least I have to get this off my chest. I over looked it in BB because that film was at least pretty good but I'm not going to over look it in this pile of dung... THE BATMOBILE. Give me a break! The Batmobile should be (and always has been...) a sleek, and awesome sports car, the kind that every fanboy would like to have in his driveway, not some clunky, cumbersome, tank-like, military assault vehicle! That thing SUCKS! Trash it now please!
In conclusion I would like to say that I would take Burton's Batman over that tedious, dour, morous, humourless, and anarchistic pile of sh*t any day!
Am I alone in this opinion?
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