Wow, again wow.

I saw the Dark Knight last Saturday, and all I have to say is: Wow!

Normally, I don’t let my hopes get up around the summer fare in movie theaters; not because I’m some hoity-toity movie snob, but; rather, because I love big summer blockbusters, from the original Star Wars movies, to Jurassic Park, to E.T., to Pirates, and such. The problem has been that for most of the recent summers the bug summer movies have been formulaic and the only thing that makes them big is that they are sequels or that they have action flick stars in them. But that isn’t the problem this summer, I liked the new Indy Movie, I loved Iron Man, I’ve heard good things about Hancock from non-critic type people, loved Wall-e, and I enjoyed Harold and Kumar escape from Gitmo. So my expectations were raised for the Dark Knight.

So, with my expectations raised I did have a lurking fear that the Dark Knight would disappoint me, I mean, nothing can live up to the hype that it has been receiving. Every once in a great while, I am dead wrong, by a lot. The Dark Knight was AMAZING. I am thinking about making a trip to the IMAX theater at the new swank mall to see it. Heath Ledger does deserve an Oscar nod for his Joker role. What’s more amazing is that Christian Bale was not upstaged by Ledger’s performance. Adam Eckhart and Gary Oldman both gave good performances, too. Now, this movie was even more dark (in tone as well as lighting) than Batman Begins, and much more so than the artsy Batman movies of the 80’s and 90’s.

What topped off my movie going experience was the trailer for the new Terminator movie starring Christian Bale as John Conner. It looks awesome.

Later,

B