Sunday, August 10, 2008

Post#3 A Brutally Done Film

First and foremost....I wanna say "duh" for having been gone for a bit while from blogging. Friends might have been mising out and wondering my whereabouts. For some reason I had to shut down temporarily since the last post.There had been some crazy things going on lately that puts my brain down the drain. However, I had to admit that the last didn't go well...it was pretty bad for a starter to express such rubbish post...Though I plead it wont happen again so that my mentor Arabian Josh would put a satisfied grin on his face.
I had a great time this weekend, enjoying every bit second of it after long days of office works and boredom. Part of it was my very first time in a cinema in U.A.E.. I just watched Dark Knight. I am not really a fan of Batman, though I had to say "that's one movie to be seen with popcorns stuffed in the mouth." I might have given 5 yawns in the beginning but I have given 9 stars rating at the end.

The Dark Knight (directed by Christopher Nolan) is the brutally done film sequel of Batman Begins which tells the story of Bruce Wayne who turns into a mysterious dark-suited phantom that lurks at night to sweep clean Gotham City's unwanted crimes. Now on its continuation, Dark Knight brings out
a different twist that introduces the important villains of all time: the Joker and Two-Face.
In favor of the latter, the story rolls out the plot of how Harvey Dent became a vengeful freak from a just-natured political icon of Gotham. Unlike the several Batman movies of the past, it gave a bold attempt to re-tell the story with a different level of intensity. Especially on its visual effects packed with excruciating gunfires, falling debris, deafening blastings, hardcore fight scenes, big chase, advance technology, badblood and dark atmosphere. Perfect ingredients to pull off a great action-packed superhero movie . Surely this is not for a faint heart.

The Dark Knight(Batman), shrouded by the torn notion between a hero and vigilante, is at quest of busting out the justice in the rising crime supremacy of The Joker(Heath Ledger), his ultimate arch-villain; along with the forces of Lieutenant James Gordon(Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent(Aaaron Eckhart). But soon enough they've figured themselves falling into Joker's plot that leads to the ill-fated death of Rachell Dawes(Maggie Gyllenhaal), who happens to be Harvey Dent's girlfriend. Hardly accepting reality, Harvey Dent woke up discovering a half-burned face caused by a massive explosion and later on was brainwashed by Joker. He sets out as Two-face on a vendetta, taking lives of people, deciding their fate upon flipping a coin.
Lucius Fox(Morgan Freeman) helps out Batman using his advanced technology in the battle against Joker and Two-face in which eventually reached the triumphant conclusion. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), the Batman himself is devastated for the lost of his friends as he was also trapped in the fine line of being a hero and an outlaw. In spite of it, Batman remains in the stand of the common good.

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On my personal note, The Dark Knight has achieved its greatest expectation not only that it has catapulted top grosser against the records of spiderman,titanic, etc. This is a movie that's worth watching for because it conveys a substantial context of a real superhero movie. Sometimes a true hero doesnt have to do good things just to save the world, perhaps what he aims for the greater good is only that matters. Anyway, I have to give it up for the actors who have equally done the job so well. Hats off to Christian Bale who reprises the role, I think he's fittest to slip into those black rubber suits. Superb acting for Heath Ledger as The Joker. I never knew it was Heath behind the character of the ultimate villain until I saw the credits. I couldn't agree more, since Brokeback Mountain, he really knows how to handle challenging roles. I like the important participation of Aaron Eckhart in the film as he was introduced as Two-Face (in the first 1-and-a-half hour of the movie i was figuring out what the hell was this guy doing there?). The special make-up must be hard for him...hahaha...Moving aside, the high-tech weapons were amazing. I could use one of those to get back at my boss for making me miserable(those blades that pops out the gauntlets). The Bat Pod was fantastic having two enormous wheels hitting the road. It's a lot better than the massive titanium chunk called Bat Mobile; it's the same ride he was in back at The Batman Begins. I didn't like it honestly, but Im pretty sure it would turn out handy in the next installment. There are so much yet to show in the movie, but the audience would mind waiting for it anyway. And until then, I'm just hovering around here to make it more interesting. How's that? Well..Yalah...








3 comments:

  1. HEY BRO:)

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  2. Hi,
    Thanks for visiting my lair and for the compliments regarding my blog's design. I didn't know that the famous Arabian Josh hahaha is your mentor.
    As for the latest Batman movie, shame I haven't seen it, will just wait for the dvd and buy one. Its a shame Heath died before the showing of the movie.
    Btw, added you in my blogroll already, just do add mine. thanks :] c yah around!

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  3. Well even though i havent seen that movie yet, ("what the heck is wrong with me kinda way") I couldn't agree more hehe. Peace Out Bro!!!

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