Tonight was the first night of Dark Knight’s release in Vietnam. I saw it at Vincom in Hanoi, had the best seats in the house, in my opinion. (Thanks Thuy)
As much a Batman fan as I am, I have to side with Kyle “you won’t be disappointed. you just may not think it’s the greatest movie of all time.” it’s not but it is very, very good” and [[Trench]].
John said it was the best movie of all time, something I suggested myself in January, but more jokingly. Emil and Mike really liked it as well.
So, it was very very good. But there was something…missing.
For me, a movie has to hit an emotional edge to really get me to just love it. Batman Begins was excellent but was missing this. The Dark Knight is the same way. I never felt extremely excited, happy, or sad, just not real super strong reaction to the movie. Movies that can make me feel a certain way keep on resonating through time. For me, The Matrix, My Sassy Girl, Heat, Godfather, those are the movies that ultimately rank among my favorite movies of all time.
The story has incredible depth. I can tell it will hold up amazing through multiple viewings, and I think I will end up seeing 3 times with various people within the next 2 weeks. The movie is about constant struggle for balance. An action means a equal reaction. Things that should happen (but usually don’t in movies for the sake of a good or happy ending) do happen here. Things in this world are “fair”, which make not make sense until you watch the movie. Characters have to balance each other, events have to balance. To me, this is the ultimate Joker story regardless of whether you’re talking about the comics, animated series, whatever. This is the true Joker. I just reread The Killing Joke, and some of the interactions between Joker and Batman are similar to those in The Dark Knight.
The movie asks so many questions about the character of humanity, question of sanity, I would use the term “morality play”, but I don’t even know what that word means.
I gave it a 9/10 on IMDB.
Other random notes:
- It’s long. Not that I don’t like long movies, or that maybe this was too long, but I did notice it was long.
- Everything shown in the various trailers, (I think I’ve seen 6 or 7 different ones) only takes you to half of the movie. I was quite surprised, and basically had no idea what was coming. What I assumed what was the end of the movie was just the middle part of it.
- Normally, you see a great movie, and you’d love to see the sequel ASAP. But with this, I feel like it was such a deep story, that you need time before seeing another one. Especially with the movie’s ending, we actually need a good length of real time to transpire so we can be ready for the next story.
- Batman Begins was focused on making a real-life based what-if version of the character, but Dark Knight starts to lose some of that. This is where you get into an extreme of an extreme unlikelihood.
- This is a mature and adult story. Like I said, it will hold up for a long time and repeated viewings.
- “Why so serious” “Let’s put a smile on that face”- I am fairly certain the way they sound in the trailers versus how they sound in the movie is not the same.
As a side note, I’m going to try to buy the Vietnamese version of the Dark Knight movie (Vietnamese text) poster. I’ll put up a picture of it if I’m successful.
There’s two I’ve seen, one’s the motorbike one, and the other is this one, the Joker one. I’ll be wanting the Joker.
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