Monday, July 21, 2008

The Dark Knight

Well there ends our wait for this years block buster. Christopher Nolan produced an absolute stunner, The Dark Knight, sequel to Batman begins of 2005. I was ( as always ) was so excited to see this sequel , though i had to wait 2 days to actually get the tickets.



Slick action? Check, Dark Plot ? Check. Maddening terror ? Check. Yes,Nolan has made a master piece. Truly unflawed in every aspect ! 
From Batman Begins original story, Nolan cuts out a deeper dimension to the story of The Batman. You just sit on the edge of your chairs the full 2hr 30 min movie which extreme and one of the most exotic actions sequences i've seen so far in any film. Ok ya, some of you can go on bitch about the length of the movie, but i dont think sane people wud have wanted the movie to end. There have been 7 Batman films in all, its really nothing to say or compare this one from the old ones really. Nolan has scooped out all the fantasy and comic look from the DC comics and presented the best look and feel of Gotham City and ofcourse the Batman. 

I'll do this in detail, so u can leave if not interested. ( Now ) 

I'll start with Joker, i had to start with him honestly cuz for the first time a villain has outshined ,outdone and probably out... watever the good guys. Ledger gives an epic performance who is crazy ass bastard who sets a new class of criminals all together. I could go on using superlatives for Ledger honestly with the most astonishing acts he pulled off playing a psychopath. Ledger takes the character of Joker to an absolutely new level which i guess even comics cudnt portray. The script is awesome really, every word coming out of his mouth is terrifying. But nothing is chillier than the smile carved out of razor from his dad and as the Joker says, " What doesn't Kill you, makes you Stranger ". His Black humor is death defying really. " I have a Magic Trick " .. oh boy what way to put an exclamation point to his character.

Joker's sadism is limitless who wants the Batman to choose chaos as well. " I Chose Chaos" as he says. and chaos is all what the movie is about. I no, but i just can't take these lines out of my mind. Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman proves his point. He's one of the best serious actors around ! Him and his alter-ego go through flurry of emotions which have been shown . For the first time, Bruce Wayne is shown like the way a true batman fans conjures him - Intelligent, Smart, Quick, Strong and Planned.  In simple words - 'a Hero' and every sense of morality which surrounds the word.

Every (so called )supporting actors, Mogran Freeman, Michael Caine, all add small anecdotes through out the movie. But its not all abt jokes, its the typical crisp Michael Caine who purrs out of his sarcastic wit to teach everybody the lessons which they had long forgotten. Along with Caine, Morgan Freeman as always does his shit what he does the best, is Talk. His atypical tone of speech is something all he needs to put his 10 mins presence throughout a treat to remember really. --" Wait till you get a load of the Batpod " And oh oh.. not to forget harvey Dent / Two Face. Eckhart did his role nicely but what really adds to his character is the makeup or mask watever was that to make his burnt face. AMAZING. 

Apart from the movie and action, the music as always given by the legendary duo Hans Zimmer and James Newton. The whole background score is so dark which adds to the fury and rage spread on the streets of Gotham. The movie surpassed all its hype and fully deserves to be on the top spot of imdb top 250.

With Ledger who pulled an absolute rabbit from the hat, to Batman who turns from the white knight to be called the Dark Knight, You are in for a treat ! Its full of surprises you don't see coming. 

And just a tip, Just try to get it out of your dreams !!


1 comments:

aainajain said...

Hi Arjun , read ur blog after long..Managed to squeeze some time in office to read the latest 4 posts..your expression always catches my interest ... with such developing writing skills I bet soon I will be flipping thru pages of ur own book :D.

All the best....for ur next (part) ;)