Just got back from TDK, sushi, and groceries.
I loved it.
You could tell they worked on it. Seriously.
Favorite things:
1. The humanity and imperfection of Bruce. Bruce cried (but at this point I saw, for reasons I can't quiet explain, Bale instead of Bruce). Bruce was petty. To a point that it really wasn't comic relief, unlike the first movie. And Bruce went on believing in Rachel's love and believing he was the necessary "good villain" of Gotham. So he's a freaking martyr. But Idk, it was very different how they dealt with him as a character as opposed to the first movie. It had a different feel, I thought.
2. Gordon saving the day. While pretending to be dead. YES. AWESOME.
3. Effects. Motorcycle taking down a semi Battle of Hoth style? ohhhhh yeeeaaaaahh. Does it beat John McClane taking out a helicopter with a car? No, but in superhero movies at least crazy shit does not come off as so unrealistic and pushing for a "oooooh, ahhhhh."
4. JOKER JOKER JOKER JOKER JOKER JOKER. I was very turned on by the Joker. Like, whoa. In the nurse's outfit = HOT. IS THAT WEIRD? IT'S WEIRD. I DON'T CARE. HaHAhAhaAhHAHhaaHAAHa! But yeah. He was great.
5. Harvey Dent was hotsauce, and so was Rachel's relationship with him. IT WAS HONESTLY HARD TO KNOW WHO TO ROOT FOR - BRUCE OR DENT. Weirdly, Two-face was hotsauce too.
6. Maggie brought a better confidence and cleverness to the role than Katie, I thought. I HATED HOW RACHEL DIED THOUGH. HATED IT. ARGH. AND THAT MAKES TWO-FACE INTO TWO-FACE? NO SIR I DON'T LIKE IT. When she died, it was this horrible "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" moment. YOU EXPECTED HER TO LIVE. And then she got snuffed out ALONE, WHILE THE MAN SHE LOVED SCREAMED FOR HER TO GET SAVED INSTEAD and then there were only two female characters with names :( Babbwa and the traitor :| It was just so horrifically sad in so many ways.
Sooooooo many subplots. So. Many. They were all dealt with very well but at the same time I almost felt it was overloaded - yet at the same time the madness of the Joker was able to bring them all into use. Which was great. And have I mentioned how great he was? I mean, awesome. I went into this still thinking: "Heath is not my Joker, my Joker is a sharp-faced chap with Mark Hamill's voice." But I left thinking: "Wow, so there's two Jokers or something."
I HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN I THINK. I kind of wish I didn't see in with my family though - I don't really know my cousin. It's weird to squee with her. You know what I mean? And my dad is such a smug guy, and my mom was constantly giving me these "you LIKE this?? I'm JUDGING you!!" because her dainty sensibilities were offended. Oh, mom :( Why did you come? It's an action movie. They do not show a lot of gore in action movies.
WHO ELSE LOVED WHEN THE CONVICT THREW THE TRIGGER OFF THE BOAT? OH HELL YEAH. I didn't even think of doing that. I liked how the convicts were more moral than the civvies. HAIL TO THE CONVICT WHO'S PLAYED BY THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THE PRESIDENT IN THE FIFTH ELEMENT!
Yeah, I liked it. :3
I loved it.
You could tell they worked on it. Seriously.
Favorite things:
1. The humanity and imperfection of Bruce. Bruce cried (but at this point I saw, for reasons I can't quiet explain, Bale instead of Bruce). Bruce was petty. To a point that it really wasn't comic relief, unlike the first movie. And Bruce went on believing in Rachel's love and believing he was the necessary "good villain" of Gotham. So he's a freaking martyr. But Idk, it was very different how they dealt with him as a character as opposed to the first movie. It had a different feel, I thought.
2. Gordon saving the day. While pretending to be dead. YES. AWESOME.
3. Effects. Motorcycle taking down a semi Battle of Hoth style? ohhhhh yeeeaaaaahh. Does it beat John McClane taking out a helicopter with a car? No, but in superhero movies at least crazy shit does not come off as so unrealistic and pushing for a "oooooh, ahhhhh."
4. JOKER JOKER JOKER JOKER JOKER JOKER. I was very turned on by the Joker. Like, whoa. In the nurse's outfit = HOT. IS THAT WEIRD? IT'S WEIRD. I DON'T CARE. HaHAhAhaAhHAHhaaHAAHa! But yeah. He was great.
5. Harvey Dent was hotsauce, and so was Rachel's relationship with him. IT WAS HONESTLY HARD TO KNOW WHO TO ROOT FOR - BRUCE OR DENT. Weirdly, Two-face was hotsauce too.
6. Maggie brought a better confidence and cleverness to the role than Katie, I thought. I HATED HOW RACHEL DIED THOUGH. HATED IT. ARGH. AND THAT MAKES TWO-FACE INTO TWO-FACE? NO SIR I DON'T LIKE IT. When she died, it was this horrible "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" moment. YOU EXPECTED HER TO LIVE. And then she got snuffed out ALONE, WHILE THE MAN SHE LOVED SCREAMED FOR HER TO GET SAVED INSTEAD and then there were only two female characters with names :( Babbwa and the traitor :| It was just so horrifically sad in so many ways.
Sooooooo many subplots. So. Many. They were all dealt with very well but at the same time I almost felt it was overloaded - yet at the same time the madness of the Joker was able to bring them all into use. Which was great. And have I mentioned how great he was? I mean, awesome. I went into this still thinking: "Heath is not my Joker, my Joker is a sharp-faced chap with Mark Hamill's voice." But I left thinking: "Wow, so there's two Jokers or something."
I HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN I THINK. I kind of wish I didn't see in with my family though - I don't really know my cousin. It's weird to squee with her. You know what I mean? And my dad is such a smug guy, and my mom was constantly giving me these "you LIKE this?? I'm JUDGING you!!" because her dainty sensibilities were offended. Oh, mom :( Why did you come? It's an action movie. They do not show a lot of gore in action movies.
WHO ELSE LOVED WHEN THE CONVICT THREW THE TRIGGER OFF THE BOAT? OH HELL YEAH. I didn't even think of doing that. I liked how the convicts were more moral than the civvies. HAIL TO THE CONVICT WHO'S PLAYED BY THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THE PRESIDENT IN THE FIFTH ELEMENT!
Yeah, I liked it. :3
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