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stockstar1138 · 07-22-2008, 03:11 PM

SpOiLeRs BeLoW!!! i WaRnED YoU!!! If YoU HaVnT SeEn ThIs MoViE, yOu PrObAbLy FaIl and DeSeRve It! HaHaHaHa!

After seeing it a second time I have to beg to differ. It was really, really good, but it was not a masterpiece.

My first issue with the movie is the villans. Either give Scarecrow a bigger part or don't put him in the movie. Okay, we get it, Scarecrow and joker are two different breeds of criminals. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. They totally diminished how evil Scarecrow is by having him doing small time jobs like we saw at the beginning of the movie. What Scarecrow tried to pull off in BB was a lot more destructive than what the Joker was doing. Don't try to glorify The Joker by tearing down how bad the Scarecrow is. I hope to see Cillian Murphy in the next one as his character is chilling.

Second, bad villian choice was the amount of time we saw of Two Face before he gets killed off. Its cool if you don't want to make Harvey Dent have the two faces/split personalities til the very end of the movie, but keep him alive if you are going to give Two Face that little screen time, so we can enjoy him in the next movie. Aaron Eckhart did a wonderful job as Harvey Dent and this isn't his fault, but the coin flipping thing was excessive. He'd just be like, "should I drink this, I dunno, lets leave it to my chance coin," and Rachel would be like, "Awww...Harvey you and your chance". Lame. Don't get me wrong Harvey Dent's character was developed really well, and Eckhart was awesome, just not masterful.

The Joker was a legendary performance by Heath Ledger, he truly was awesome and deserves the very least a nomination for best actor. Best performance I have seen since Lewis' Daniel Plainview last year. Only criticism was the hospital scene was a little over the top.

A few other things too, nobody in their right mind would have gone down in that tunnel while transferring a prisoner of such importance. I mean doesn't it seem kind of obvious when their is a burning 18 wheeler funneling you into a tunnel or lower street somebody is waiting for you down there or above you. Yeah, it was awesome in the movies, but it lacks that sheer brilliance that makes a masterpiece.

The people on the boat were absolute wussies. Your telling me nobody on either one of those boats would have blown up the other people in real life???? One of those boats would have been up in flames in two seconds.

There were a few more, I can't think of right now and while The Dark Knight was awesome and I loved it, there were just some things that don't put it in the same league as some other crime dramas like Heat, Goodfellas, hell even The Departed.

Sorry, for the 417th Dark Knight thread.

07-22-2008, 03:11 PM	#1
stockstar1138 Banned Member since:Apr 2007	Was TDK a masterpiece??? SpOiLeRs BeLoW!!! i WaRnED YoU!!! If YoU HaVnT SeEn ThIs MoViE, yOu PrObAbLy FaIl and DeSeRve It! HaHaHaHa! After seeing it a second time I have to beg to differ. It was really, really good, but it was not a masterpiece. My first issue with the movie is the villans. Either give Scarecrow a bigger part or don't put him in the movie. Okay, we get it, Scarecrow and joker are two different breeds of criminals. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. They totally diminished how evil Scarecrow is by having him doing small time jobs like we saw at the beginning of the movie. What Scarecrow tried to pull off in BB was a lot more destructive than what the Joker was doing. Don't try to glorify The Joker by tearing down how bad the Scarecrow is. I hope to see Cillian Murphy in the next one as his character is chilling. Second, bad villian choice was the amount of time we saw of Two Face before he gets killed off. Its cool if you don't want to make Harvey Dent have the two faces/split personalities til the very end of the movie, but keep him alive if you are going to give Two Face that little screen time, so we can enjoy him in the next movie. Aaron Eckhart did a wonderful job as Harvey Dent and this isn't his fault, but the coin flipping thing was excessive. He'd just be like, "should I drink this, I dunno, lets leave it to my chance coin," and Rachel would be like, "Awww...Harvey you and your chance". Lame. Don't get me wrong Harvey Dent's character was developed really well, and Eckhart was awesome, just not masterful. The Joker was a legendary performance by Heath Ledger, he truly was awesome and deserves the very least a nomination for best actor. Best performance I have seen since Lewis' Daniel Plainview last year. Only criticism was the hospital scene was a little over the top. A few other things too, nobody in their right mind would have gone down in that tunnel while transferring a prisoner of such importance. I mean doesn't it seem kind of obvious when their is a burning 18 wheeler funneling you into a tunnel or lower street somebody is waiting for you down there or above you. Yeah, it was awesome in the movies, but it lacks that sheer brilliance that makes a masterpiece. The people on the boat were absolute wussies. Your telling me nobody on either one of those boats would have blown up the other people in real life???? One of those boats would have been up in flames in two seconds. There were a few more, I can't think of right now and while The Dark Knight was awesome and I loved it, there were just some things that don't put it in the same league as some other crime dramas like Heat, Goodfellas, hell even The Departed. Sorry, for the 417th Dark Knight thread.