I can only imagine the amount of hatemail I will recieve, but I just got finished seeing “The Dark Knight” for the third time (hey I’m a nerd) and I am really trying to see why people are saying it was better than Marvel’s “Iron Man” movie.
1. Christian Bale’s Batman IS the weak link in this movie. I was actually bored with him in this movie and just waited around for the Joker to make things interesting. His voice as Batman sounds lame, I know that he’s trying to disguise his voice, but does he have to sound like a barking dog through the whole flick?
2. They destroy the Tumbler, and he has a “Batpod” which is fine I guess, but be careful, too many gadgets and we revert to the ninties Batman movie disasters.
3. New suit= memories of lame 90’s Batman movies
4. Two Face is burned… his face looks good, but it’s TOO straight lined down the middle. Fire doesnt burn like that. Also his suit he wears is too symettrical… come on… If you’re gonna do something, dont do it half assed, use your whole ass. Two Face could have been a lot cooler.
5. The Joker wore makeup. When I first saw the previews, I was excited, I thought it would be like a chemical burn… similar to the comics, but no… looks like make up. Creepy yes, but make up.
6. I know Heath Ledger has passed. I know the Joker was a great character, but honestly… Half of America would not have given a damn if the guy from that “cowboy movie” hadnt had died a tabloid death.
Look, It was a fine movie, hell I saw it 3 times, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves and say it was better than “Iron Man”. Marvel did the unthinkable. They took a comic character who I blame indirectly for Captain America’s death, they took an actor I did not want to see, and made a hell of a movie. Marvel has there stuff together with their “Lucas” approach of keeping all their rights to their movies now (after learning their lessons) and DC needs to do that to get some consistency.
Anyway… Just had to get that off my chest.
St. Timothy Danger
sci fi slinger/karoke badass
Finally, finally, someone else says it…
I been saying it – “it aint no Iron Man”
I encourage all to see Dark Knight, but dont get silly with it. Iron Man will be the top super hero flick this yeah by a land slide..and wtf, his voice was freaking annoyin.
Comment by crutchboy — August 1, 2008 @ 8:18 pm