The Dark Knight Sucks

Apparently, crazy is as crazy does, and needs no further explanation.  The Joker is first introduced in TDK rather brilliantly, as dangerous, psychotic, and reasonably well-played by Heath Ledger.  The problem is, other than his own dialogue in 2 moments of the movie about his father that he hated who gave him is facial scars, [...]

Filed under: Story/Plot Problems, Writing/Direction Tags: Heath Ledger, The Joker | 32 Comments »

I loved “Batman Begins”, it was an excellent reboot of a series that seriously needed it.  I remember when I was a teenager and went to see the first Tim Burton Batman movie, I was floored at how good it was, and it didn’t get unseated until “Batman Begins”.
When Christian Bale roughed his voice a [...]

Filed under: Subpar Acting Tags: Christian Bale, raspy, rough voice | 25 Comments »

I know I wasn’t the only one.  When the Mayor of Chicago (I mean Gotham) was introduced, my first thought was “Hm, seems like a bit of a youngish looking actor to play the Mayor, but OK.” Then as a close-up shot focuses onto his face, my next thought was “…wait… is that… eyeliner?”  It [...]

Filed under: Makeup/Custume Tags: eyelashes, eyeliner, mascara, Nestor Carbonell | 34 Comments »

So here we have a courageous District Attorney, Harvey Dent, one who is passionate about cleaning up the city and upholding the law.  Although Rachel Dawes is his girlfriend, we are not shown any real passion or love between them.  Allegedly he loves her, which is shown in the form of asking him to marry [...]

Filed under: Writing/Direction Tags: 2-Face, Harvey Dent, Rachel Dawes, Two-Face | 16 Comments »