From last week, I decided I am going to try and watch 1 film a day (where possible) and then do a samll concise review of it.
This came about because at the moment I am an unemployed business owner - that makes alot of sense.....
So now onto the task at hand. The forst film I watched on my 1 film a day quest was:
Thursday July 24: The Dark Knight.
Wowzers, wowzer and more superlatives.
What a thoroughly amazing film, for once the hype was justified. While the film is quite long - two and a half bladder crushing hours - it is most certainly not boring. The plot weaves in and out of various ideas and themes, but the one consistent theme is the ideas of heroes and villains which is summed up in one of the films many great lines;
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"
Which in my opinion is the essence of the entire film if not Batman's life.
Anyway, this film has it all; action, drama, love story, tragedy, redeemption and of course one of pop cultures most loved villains - The Joker.
Heath Ledger's Joker is exactly what I wanted in a Joker - he is brutal, mischevious and most of all completely fucking insane! The fact that no history is given to this lunatic makes his acts all the more devious.
Go see it now if you havent already
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