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[tresjolie9]

Liked it, but not the best I've seen from Batman, I still think the first two films of the Tim Burton franchise were better. While I appreciated this for what it was, a retelling of the Batman tale from the perspective of the New Millenium, it just wasn't as entertaining as the first two films. What can I say, I liked the artistic direction of bright colors at night and interesting choreography over a modern day tale of right versus wrong, and musings on society where at times I felt like I was being hit over the head with the "Bat anvil," of what constitutes a true hero, and what Gotham City needs.

I also didn't like the fact that this film lacked a strong female lead. Yes, we had Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, but honestly she was a bit too much of a damsel in distress, constantly in need of saving rather than a character in herself. She didn't really do anything herself to have to an effect on the plot and just seemed to serve as tool for Batman and Harvey to contend over, and then a tool for the transformation of Harvey Dent. In that scene where Alfred sits her down and explains it, it felt almost like he was talking to a young child, not a grown woman who is supposed to be a professional. I know Batman canon, and would it be too much to ask just to make one plot changing character female?

Christian Bale is an okay Batman, and hot, as we see in the many scenes of him not wearing a top, or of him jumping off a boat, but lacks the seriousness of Michael Keaton, and never quite lives up to him in the role. I always wonder if there is a way for some other actor who could make Batman his own, without being compared to Michael Keaton or Adam West?

While what happened to Heath Ledger was tragic, I just wasn't blown away by his performance as The Joker, and at times it honestly felt like he was channeling Jack Nicholson, but with a change of makeup and a slight change of backstory. Honestly he didn't make the character his own, or different the way some of the nineties animated franchises did.

The best performance in this film was Aaron Eckhart as Two Face, who does an excellent job with Harvey Dent's descent from a leading DA, the "White Knight of Gotham," into Two Face. Amazing the way he could go from nice guy one minute, to insane psycho the next.

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[servogirl76.livejournal.com]

I have to imagine had Ledger not passed on, they might have had more on the Joker in whatever movie they might make next.

The Dark Knights Two face is superior to the one from Batman Forever. In Batman Forever Two face was more of a "cartoon" than the character needed to be. I felt with Eckhardts performance, he made him someone to fear, and some one you don't want to see coming at you. And I normall don't like Aaron Eckhardt so thats a big thing for me.

Batman has never had a perfect female foil in the movies, Michelle Pffefier (spel?) in Batman Forever is as close as you get imho.