The Dark Knight

I struggled to watch it through to the end, infact right now im halve watching Space camp on BBC2 and almost give a shit about the plot + characters, more than Dark Knight.

all the actors die or get hurt in the name of puplicity/ 10

pmsl

Alright, firstly Maggie Gylenhal isn’t ‘beautiful’, unless the Joker was being a twat. But she’s not. She’s indie film ‘doable’, like she’s a quirky girl who owns a coffee shop and wears primary colours, but she’s not beautiful like Jennifer Connelly, or that chick in the ‘Crying Game’ (got to finish watching that film). If I was one of Jokers’ hired goons and was told to go and catch Maggies’ character with the description ‘ a tall, slim, beautiful brunette’ I’d have kidnapped someone else, like Famke Janssen. Then no doubt Joker would have freaked out and started telling me a story about how he got scars on his mouth and it would all have ended badly.

Secondly Morgan Freeman is increasingly starting to piss me off in films:

Christopher Nolan: “Okay Morgan, your character is a jittery neurotic with a lisp who comes from France.”

Morgan Freeman: “How about I play him as a cool, dignified American man, who has a knowing twinkle in his eye, who just comes across as a smug bastard.”

Christopher Nolan: “Well… Erm… I was hoping you’d actually try acting in this film Morgan.”

Morgan Freeman: “And I want it written into my contract that there’s no laughing on set.”

Christopher Nolan: *sigh* “Okay Morgan, we’ll do it your way.”

Morgan Freeman: *smiles knowingly whilst his eye twinkles, although he just seems like a smug bastard*

Anyway, the first 40 minutes are pretty good, then it goes a bit awry. It is a film where you don’t quite know what’s going to happen, at least more so than the other 90% of action films.

I’d give it a solid 7/10. Definitely worth watching if you imagine that Gylenhal’s character really works as a quirky flower arranger who’s an aspiring go go dancer and you imagine punching Morgan Freeman repeatedly in the face every time he acts smug (97% of his on screen time). Better than the first of the new Batman series (which was also good), but not as cool as the ‘Mystery Men’.

BTW does anybody know of a Morgan Freeman film where he doesn’t play an annoyingly smug man with a knowing twinkle in his eye?

@=XDC=NeonSamurai wrote:

but she’s not beautiful like Jennifer Connelly, or that chick in the ‘Crying Game’ (got to finish watching that film).

That just made me chortle rather loudly 😆

BTW does anybody know of a Morgan Freeman film where he doesn’t play an annoyingly smug man with a knowing twinkle in his eye?

this one?

Mystery Men..

Now there’s a film!

The Shoveller: Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well.

Woot!

Booked to see this in the Imax cinema tomorrow… how cool will that be!