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Dark Knight [Blu-ray]

Dark Knight [Blu-ray]
by Christopher Nolan

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Actor: Aaron Eckhart, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine
Director: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Benjamin Melniker
Producer: Charles Roven
Writer: Bob Kane
Writer: David S. Goyer
Writer: Jonathan Nolan
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Dutch (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Danish (Subtitled); Swedish (Subtitled); Norwegian (Subtitled); English (Audio Description); French (Dubbed); Italian (Dubbed); Portuguese (Dubbed); German (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Import, PAL
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 152 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-12-16

Blu-ray Reviews of Dark Knight [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray Review: Terrible
Summary: 1 Stars

This movie is destined to bring shame to everyone who praises it, even to themselves. In ten years people will be embarrassed to admit how much they liked it when it came out, and will wonder what it was that they saw in this movie.

Why does the movie go out of its way to establish that Batman is not particularly intelligent? It must have been a conscious decision, since in other portrayals of Batman he is pretty much a super-genius. In this one, like in Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne needs to go to Michael Caine or Morgan Freeman to do his heavy thinking, like coming up with an alibi for his trip to Japan, explaining the Joker's psychology, building his suit and weapons, and turning a network of cell phones into an all-seeing crystal ball. No one else, Joker, Rachel Dawes, Marconi, etc. seems to respect Batman/Bruce Wayne's intelligence, with everybody talking down to him like he's some stereotypical jock.
Why not just have Batman either make his own Batmobile, or just not have one? The whole tedious subplot with the accountant trying to blackmail Batman was just an attempt to plug the plot hole created when they made the Batmobile a not too secret invention of Bruce Wayne's company.
The film tries to hold on to the appeal of Batman as a superhero without super-powers, but having someone else, Lucius Fox, build for him anything he wants like the cell-phone sonar, or the costume that allows falls from any height, is the same thing as giving him magical powers.
The ferry scene is like a retelling of the prisoner's dilemna, only they messed up the logic and missed the whole point.

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Description of Dark Knight [Blu-ray]

The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralyzed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role), the longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne.

In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil. And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also shine, but as good as Bale is, his character turns out rather bland in comparison (not uncommon for heroes facing more colorful villains). Director-cowriter Christopher Nolan (Memento) follows his critically acclaimed Batman Begins with an even better sequel that sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like Spider-Man 2 and Iron Man because of its sheer emotional impact and striking sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers here. At 152 minutes, it's a shade too long, and it's much too intense for kids. But for most movie fans--and not just superhero fans--The Dark Knight is a film for the ages. --David Horiuchi

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