Batman – The Dark Knight

First, let me apologize for being so late in my review of this movie.  I had to get some sleep before I came to work this morning.  I am not like a lot of the rabid fanboys that rushed home to their computers to blog about this movie.

That being said, now that I have had some sleep and I had the time to digest the latest in the Batman movie Mythos, it was #%^&ing awesome! 

I arrived at the movie theater for the midnight showing at 10PM last night.  At that time, there were already about 20 people in front of me and some of those arrived in costumes of the Joker, Harley Quinn, Scarecrow and Catwoman.  (Note:  Very chunky women – do not try to pull off a Catwoman outfit!  It will never work!) 

During the two hour wait the crowd remained calm but there was lots of talk about the movie, how great it was going to be, what spoilers my lie in the movie, etc…  I, for the most part, filtered it out.  I already had my knowledge of the movie firmly in place and did not want others that read this or that on the Internet to spoil it for me. 

What was killing me during my wait was my wife.  She was to meet me in the line after the babysitter arrived.  The babysitter was to be there at 11AM and we are only 10 minutes from the theater.  She did not arrive until 11:45.  I had to wait in line for 2 hours!  I had to save a seat for her for 2 hours!  I had to piss for 1 hour!  Oh Boy was I mad at her!  I should have just embarrassed her and whipped it out in the seats and into a cup.  I’ve been known to do things like that to her before!

So on to the movie!  I am not going to give any spoilers or detail the movie but let me just tell you this, if you are on the fence about seeing this movie then you have to go!  DO NOT WAIT FOR THE DVD!!!!!  Go now!  The two villains are the Joker and Two Face!  The villains steal the show!  It was superb writing that made this movie.  The explanation of the Joker and Two Face and how they have come into being, the growth of the characters throughout the movie and their development was brilliant. 

This was a very well written story.  The subtle one liners of the Joker are going to become movie quotes that people will repeat for years.  Heath Ledger took the character of the Joker to places that none of the other Jokers has in the past.  Even before his death, I read on the Internet and saw leaked clips that blew me away because of his performance.  Even if Ledger was alive, this movie would still blow people away with his performance. 

The movie is 2 hours and 37 minutes and the whole time the movie is nonstop.  The movie flows quickly and naturally and you don’t even have the chance to notice that it is a long movie and when it ends you are disappointed that it doesn’t go for another 2 more hours. 

My wife, who is not a big comic book geek or super hero fan really enjoyed this movie. 

One last thing that, in my opinion, makes this movie so good is the fact that everything in the movie makes you think that this is something that could happen in real life.  The cars, the guns, the bat-toys, the criminal element, the technology, etc…  It could all be real in today’s world. 

For those that have not yet seen it – Go!!!  It is well worth the money!  It is worth only gettin 3 hours of sleep!