MARAUDING FILMS

Was it really? I care for it. For one, it seemed to long.

The Joker was great. He liked chaos and he went at with a passion. The fact they told us how much he liked chaos was a little irritating but over all I thought his character was a very bright spot in a overwhelming dark film.

The bank heist was great. I loved it. It really set the tone for what I thought would be a fun movie. All the bad guys looked and acted like comic book bad guys worried about their cash. It really felt right. Then the Joker came out and didn’t overplay it like I thought he might after all the hype. He kept his cards tight to his vest, leaving us to wonder can he back this up. BTW, I’ve always heard said, “Close to the vest”, yet they said, “Close the chest” repeatedly. I’ll have to look that up.

When I met Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes I didn’t figure them for a couple and was surprised to see them as couple later on which really made it hard to accept the loss of his woman as a catalyst to him becoming Two Face. Throughout the picture I didn’t care for Mr. Dent, but when he became Two Face well….Flipping a coin for every fricking person got irritating. I remember meeting Two Face when Tommy Lee Jones played him and the character was interesting, and the make up Geez, that seemed way over the top. I would’ve made it more sinister since that is the nature of one side of the character.

Christian Bale….I love him, but either he is being under used or he isn’t right for Batman. And why is Batman a whiny baby that has lost his compass. I don’t like this Batman. And if you’re gonna make Batman torn between upright morals then don’t put him in an interrogation room with the Joker in front of a bunch corrupt cops and have him beat the man for information. This part felt wrong. Is Batman Good is Batman Bad? Do he like being Batman? The movie posed these questions and didn’t answer them. Batman actually became a martyr in the end. How the hell did we arrive there?

Under used Actors. How about Gary Oldman….I want to see this guy play a bad guy or how about a conflicted cop or DA. Now we’re talking. Having him play Gordon is like having him step in for background work. Extra………Gary Oldman. And I have to say my faith has been restored in Eric Roberts. He can be a very fine actor in the right part and this was a very good part for him.

The movie left me leaving confused. It seemed like it wanted be more complex, it wanted to be smarter and it just came out convoluted despite it’s brightest light the Joker. See the Joker was old school bad guy. He even said it, “I don’t scheme”. He just likes to watch the world burn, it’s what bad guys in comic books do. And I think we can all remember what hero’s do……