Friday, July 18, 2008
A&E Dark Knight opens today
Posted by Ken Edelstein on Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Yes, we're giving in to the hype. I'm going to try to get to an early showing. Curt Holman's excellent — and enthusiastic — review says this about Heath Ledger's Joker:
The bitter irony is that Ledger's eerily charismatic portrayal could have launched the young Australian actor to a whole new career of playing bad guys and Steve Buscemi-esque character roles. Most portrayals of the Joker emphasize his clownish showmanship, and while Ledger holds back – he smacks his lips and rasps like a mobster from a 1930s crime film – his Joker turns out to be a philosophical sadist, intent on mind games with his adversaries, as well as destruction for its own sake.
Rest of the review here.
And in this post, Curt explains why the Joker is the best supervillain ever.
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From everything I've heard, 'The Dark Knight' is going to be crazy crowded this weekend, so you should get your tickets ahead of time,via on-line or otherwise. I've also heard extremely good things about the film on IMAX format -- probably the best of any mainstream film remastered for IMAX -- so one might want to consider a trip out to the Mall of Georgia.
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