character driven, metaphor-laden, and multi-leveled.
17 sold out midnight shows.Hong Kong, knives, lamborghinis, playing cards, and...where did that motorcycle come from?
amazed by the performances of Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, and of course, Morgan Freeman.
and yet somehow, 19 years later, the Joker still steals the show, albeit in a much more eerie and disturbing form.
a sequel done right. 5/5. i'm now going to bed.
5/5 on your review.
ReplyDeletethe biggest opening wknd number is back in the batman franchise, where it belongs.
i'd give it an 8.8/10. will see it again tho.
forgot that it even WAS heath ledger during, which shows how amazing his performance was. afterwards, tho, and even the next morning, i was depressed at his passing - very sad - def casts a pall over the experience.
saw it in NY sat midnight show. i, along w/ a number of random prognosticators, had predicted it'd beat SM 3. and this was cemented when one of the guys w/ whom i saw the flick was seeing it for the 3rd time - that's right - the sat show. i remarked that for the last two days he had more batman viewings than bowel movements.