So I went and saw The Dark Knight Sunday. I really enjoyed Batman Begins and I wanted to see if this one would live up to all the hype. IMO, it does and it doesn't. This incarnation of Batman is much darker than the series ever was or even the Batman movies of the '90s. I like Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Gary Oldham as Detective Gordan. Of course, in The Dark Knight Heath Ledger plays the Joker. It's not Jack Nicholson's Joker from the '90s. He's good and he portrays the Joke as a sociopath. Is it an Oscar worthy performance? Not so sure. There was something about the Joker that was tugging at me and I realized about halfway through it's that he's like a demented Stuart Smalley, which was a character Al Franken played on Saturday Night Live. The Joker's voice, face, etc., was like an evil Stuart Smalley. Plus, this time around Rachel Dawes (Bruce Wayne's ex-girlfriend) is played by Maggie Galleynhal instead of Katie Holmes. While I like Maggie G quite a bit as an actress and she was good as always here, I actually think Katie may have been better. I thought Katie was good in the first movie and would have liked to have seen her again in this one. Maggie G always comes off as more cynical, sarcastic, which works for most roles that she plays. Not sure about here, though.
Anyway, The Dark Knight was good, but probably 30 minutes too long, imo. It is 2:30 hours long (with previews 2:45). It kind of drag in places and there's not a huge story really going on. I'm sure there will ultimately be another installment and this will be the middle movie in a triology. So if you're a real fan of the comic books, I'd say go see it. Otherwise, it could be a rental.
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