The Dark Knight is...

[fagcunt]

..at least really disappointing, and probably not a good movie. Heath Ledger is really good in it, but there isn't that much of him, and it feels like they held back on his craziness. I'm not sure if I'm a fuddy duddy, but The Dark Knight was like X-men 3 where it was just one silly plot point after another with very little character development,

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[tromar]

no, you're a fuddy duddy. though that movie was hella stressful. perfect, i say. it was like michael mann's heat but with hannibal lecter fighting... a wall. how was batman like george bush?

"you tell people tomorrow that a gangbanger--or a truck full of soldiers--will die, and nobody panics. but you say one. little. mayor. will die and everyone just goes crazy! See they don't panic, because its all part of the plan.."

seriously.

[a_pignose]

is this a joke?

on the one hand

[livin_thing]

I totally disagree with you about the film being disappointing, I liked the movie whole dang lot and like the way the action moved.

On the other hand I agree that the Batman as neoconservative/bush thing was pretty strong (sometimes we need to wiretap for the people's good! etc), but that is often unavoidable in these movies. Actually I kind of liked it.

[gorillagorilla]

jeeez.

as far as batman being like george bush . . . i think the dark knight in large about about modern anxiety. i don't know what you call it, post-post-9/11 anxiety, maybe post-waterboarding anxiety? i don't think it's some kind of defense of neoconservatism. the movie doesn't really present batman as a hero. i'm not sure you really identify with him any more than the joker. harvey dent is the only kind-of-hero character in the movie, and look what happens to him. i don't think it's a movie about solutions, but about how awful everything is, and the cathartic thrill of watching society fall apart on the screen despite regular peoples' (on the boats) innate goodness. everything is so awful, even batman is kind of bad.

but i mean regardless it was fucking awesome. i thought batman begins was pretty overrated, but but he totally redeemed himself with this movie.

[hunglikeahorse]

batman is way too committed to the idea of law and order in the movie to be compared to bush...