The Dark Knight
13/06/09 18:12 Filed in: Films
We finally got around to watching The Dark
Knight this weekend. Well, actually, we
watched about a third of it before agreeing it was
one of the worst movies we've seen in a long time. So
we turned it off. Then I went back
yesterday to watch the rest, thinking it must
get better.
Nope.
Terrible throughout. In fact, it got worse. Convoluted plot, terrible acting, characters you just don't care about and the introduction of a ridiculous moral tone by the end that makes you just want to vomit. Awful awful awful awful. Worse than that.
And what is it about the Oscar-winning performance of the late and lamented Heath Ledger as the Joker that reminded me so much of "Deal or No Deal" star Howie Mandel as a very young comedian ("what? what?")?
This film should have ended at the 90-minute mark (if it had to be made in the first place) when they had the Joker in jail. But no, they have to go on for another hour with the most violent, silly plot I've ever seen. And the amazing thing is, dozens of people die and no one seems to notice. Cops in helicopters. Cops in cars, trucks and buses. And the hospital that the Joker blew up there in the middle? Gotham General, I think? Didn't it look a little too much like a parking garage as it blew into bits?
What a piece of garbage movie!
We had watched Woody Allen's quirky latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the week before. Now that was a good movie. Worth every minute. Fun and weird and interesting. Great performances. Interesting characters. Well written and witty.
Kind of makes me wonder why we bother getting these high-price action flicks at all!
Oh, and by the way, check out the "Feathers In Fredericton" page of this website for a nifty new addition.
Nope.
Terrible throughout. In fact, it got worse. Convoluted plot, terrible acting, characters you just don't care about and the introduction of a ridiculous moral tone by the end that makes you just want to vomit. Awful awful awful awful. Worse than that.
And what is it about the Oscar-winning performance of the late and lamented Heath Ledger as the Joker that reminded me so much of "Deal or No Deal" star Howie Mandel as a very young comedian ("what? what?")?
This film should have ended at the 90-minute mark (if it had to be made in the first place) when they had the Joker in jail. But no, they have to go on for another hour with the most violent, silly plot I've ever seen. And the amazing thing is, dozens of people die and no one seems to notice. Cops in helicopters. Cops in cars, trucks and buses. And the hospital that the Joker blew up there in the middle? Gotham General, I think? Didn't it look a little too much like a parking garage as it blew into bits?
What a piece of garbage movie!
We had watched Woody Allen's quirky latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the week before. Now that was a good movie. Worth every minute. Fun and weird and interesting. Great performances. Interesting characters. Well written and witty.
Kind of makes me wonder why we bother getting these high-price action flicks at all!
Oh, and by the way, check out the "Feathers In Fredericton" page of this website for a nifty new addition.