Alas I'm still enthused enough by last night's date with The Dark Knight, I had myself make a commitment to blog about it. The movie gets even better the second time I watched it (which is really quite remarkable considering it's the same thing). This time, I really learnt to appreciate the subtleties of the film. I kept a closer look at certain seemingly minor characters that I've known to play a bigger part later in the film and many little details that were first overlooked, I realised now are actually pretty sleek.. It's really brilliant the way some acts are discreetly put in so you've seen it almost subconciously but never really saw it coming. Know wad I mean? Oh.. did I mention the smart dialogues and quotable 'punch' lines (some of them literal)?
The Dark Knight really is the ultimate movie experience of year 2008... it ties for the top spot in my list of movies you MUST watch in the cinema with Harry Potter & the Sorceror's Stone. Not a dull moment, every scene was so engaging that I left the theatre feeling surreal (talk about an out of this world experience), like I've actually time traveled to Gotham City (or Hogwarts). It's like waking from a lucid dream... Oh oh oh.. I was so lost in it, I'm no longer conscious of my own being.
Speaking of which, I really get quite annoyed by people who don't give such movies the respect they deserve. Here I am getting lost in my movie, drinking in every word, breathing every scene (and this is the compulsive obsessive that rewinds a video everytime she misses a single sigh and gets frustrated when she couldn't catch even the most irrelevant dialogue).. then some pretend smart alecs that couldn't save their smart-assed comments to themselves (yes, I know you knew that was going to happen whether you've watched it twice or once or none), fiddle with their handphones (like they will die if they don't touch it for two agonizingly long hours) and then ask me what they've missed... thereby destroying my 'moment' with whichever actor I was indulging with. I'll probably hate me if I went out watching such excellent movies with myself. I mean... I don't think I have the best movie etiquette nor dining etiquette nor shopping etiquette nor punctuality etiquette. I don't think I make a very good companion actually, I'm mostly too absorbed in my own world. I doubt very much that I will get a boyfriend in this lifetime. Damn. So excuse me while I retreat to my Gotham city and lose my senses in the masked crusader. (Oh, excuse me Novak. I'm sorry. You know how fickle-minded I am. But like you, I prefer to keep my options open. I still love you. *winks)
I know the previous entry had tons of quotes already.. but but.. I can't help it, can I?
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Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Two-Face: You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time. But you were wrong. The world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance.
[holds up his coin]
Two-Face: Unbiased. Unprejudiced. Fair.
Batman: Then why do you want to kill me?
The Joker: [laughs] I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no, you... you complete me.
The Joker: You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
Batman: You'll be in a padded cell forever.
The Joker: Maybe we can share one. They'll be doubling up, the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.
The Joker: [to Det. Stephens] Do you wanna know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little... emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?
Batman: Sometimes, truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
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And if you haven't watched The Dark Knight by now, you ought to shoot yourself.
By the way, if you're the kind, like many of my friends, that hates unrealistic superhero movies, be assured that this movie is unlike any of those. It's more of a crime/thriller with zero supernatural elements and that's what make the Dark Knight so believable. Enough said.
2 comments:
You are THE no. 1 BATMAN fan...
i can imagine u watching it over n over again...
oh yea. I'm a number 1 fan of a lot of other things as well though. HAHAHA. Batman happens to be my favorite superhero when I was young.
Qn: Why is Batman smarter than Superman?
Ans: He wears a mask although they both wear their underwear on the outside.
(I would think he has a better taste for the colors of his outfit as well.)
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