18 July 2008

The Dark Knight (may contain spoilers)

So, The Dark Knight is out and I have seen it! And it was awesomely amazing. Heath Ledger portrayed a stunning Joker as his last role. He was really the highlight. Christian Bale again plays Batman the way he should be played. Maggie Gylenhaal plays a much better Rachel Dawes than whats her face Tom Cruise's gal pal. And there are two bad guys for Batman to fight this time around.

The question I want answered is will there be another? It didn't end on an obvious sequel note, like comic book movies often do, so if I had to guess I'd have to say no just from that. Certainly, Ledger's death put a damper on their plans for the Joker. It just doesn't seem right to end a renewed franchise after the 2nd movie though. But with the end being as it was (don't wanna give too much away!) it's nigh impossible to have a new Batman that follows The Dark Knight. The next installment will probably bring new actors and actresses, a new crew who may or may not know how to portray Batman correctly, as this time around they have done well. It's so refreshing to see a Batman that doesn't have Jim Carrey in it... not that he's altogether bad, but rather that he doesn't belong in a Batman movie.

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