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**My discussion contains spoilers...read carefully and don't bitch if I ruin it for you. You read it, so it's your fault! (bitches!)**
I also saw a (surprisingly not sold out) midnight showing.
This movie is fucking epic. It's not perfect, but easily the best "comic book" movie I've seen. I wish I was in the age range of about seven to thirteen right now, because I would have been absolutely blown away by this movie, as well as Batman Begins. Now I don't have any imagination any more and films do not strike me in the same way, but The Dark Knight is so well done that you have to salute the creators.
It is superbly written, directed and acted. Ledger is great along with everyone else, but the writing and clever dialogue really stood out. The movie is a bit long and the Harvey Dent climax feels rushed, but as far a summer entertainment, this is as good as it's going to get.
There are still some things I don't like...the batmobile, the way the hand to hand fighting is shot and edited, the fact that it's obviously Chicago, the overly silly mcgruffin batman voice that bale puts on, the fact that about a million people know who Batman really is, etc...but these are nit picky things.
I'm sure after a few more viewings, this will probably rank among one of my favourite "action drama" movies of all time.
Oh, and I like the way the creators have set the tone for the sequel (Batman being hunted, etc) but I'm at a loss as to how they can top Ledger's Joker and the tragedy of Harvey Dent/Rachel Dawes. There is so much negative shit going on here, the next sequel looks to get way darker. But with what villains? The Riddler I always found a little silly, as well as the Penguin, etc.
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