Jul 24 2008
Dark Knight - The bright moment of my day
I saw the Dark Knight last night with Mr. Fiance (yes the man I’m marrying in two months).
First of all, I’m not giving this rave reviews simply because Heath Ledger is deceased. I’ve always enjoyed Batman, with my favourite of all time being the 1989, Tim Burton version with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Michael Keaton as Batman. I’ll admit I still love this movie, however have found it so hard to find another Batman to top it.
With Heath Ledger playing the Joker in Dark Knight however, I think I’ve found the real competition to the 1989 version. Ledger is amazing and very convincing. I kept forgetting who the actor was behind the scar induced smirk and the playful clown makeup. He is very convincing as a raving lunitic. The only thing about this movie I have to point out is Rachel. Rachel was played by Katie Holmes in the last Batman and I suppose because she wasn’t available this time, the producers assumed they had found the ‘next best thing’ in Maggie Gyllenhaal. In my opinion she’s looking a little old and haggared. Not the look I think was meant to be portrayed when casting for the new Rachel. Just my opinion!
Overall I give this a ‘thumbs up’ as Ebert would say. Go see the movie and let me know what you think!
Katie Holmes was busy exorcising the demons of Xenu from her body. I thought Gyllenhaal did a pretty good job and I can barely tell the difference between her and Holmes when it comes to looks.