This is what happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object
If I’m still writing this thing in five to ten years time, I will talk about Batman 2: The Dark Knight. I’m not going to go into too much detail here. This is out of the ordinary. I don’t usually talk about new films.
I don’t want to be a wanker – I’m not going to exaggerate and call the new Batman movie perfect… Perfection isn’t attainable.
I’m in love with Nolan. He’s amazing. I’ve watched his early work, and seen the talent. I’ve seen him get better and better with each film. The Dark Knight is a landmark film for Nolan in terms of characters, plot, dialogue, concepts and themes. The Joker was everything I hoped he would be, and none of my fears for him became an actuality. The connection between Batman and Joker, and the insight into the Joker’s mind is there, and it works so well. Almost everything else is great as well.
The wait, the hype, the anticipation. It was all worth it. Go out and see the movie.
July 17, 2008 at 12:04 am
I’m glad to hear it- I’m really looking forward to seeing this. My absolute favorite of Nolan’s films has to be The Prestige, and I haven’t seen Insomnia, but he’s still very high on my list of directors.
July 17, 2008 at 3:32 am
I loved the Prestige. That’s probably the film that made me think of Nolan as a great director (where I previously thought of him as just a director that could deliver entertainment on demand and pace a film well).
Insomnia is pretty good, definitely worth watching. There’s a Robin Williams-Al Pacino character relationship that sort of resembles the Joker-Batman relationship in the Dark Knight – I remember loving that. But it isn’t as good as Memento.
Yeah, Nolan is amazing.