Today I decided to play hookey from work and go see some movies. Before heading into the theatre I ate two slices of pizza at Slices. I had a slice with pesto and tomatoes and a slice with pepperoni and sausage. Tasty stuff.
The first movie I saw was The Dark Knight. I'd heard good things about this movie including this review in Time Magazine. Again I don't read comic books so I cannot comment on the accuracy of the translation to the big screen. What I can say is that this was a very good movie. Yeah, it is based on a comic book character, but the movie made me think and ask myself the question is it ever okay for the "good guys" to cross the line to win, or achieve some desired outcome? They can, but not if they still want to be counted among the good guys. They aren't involved in mass murder or anything like that, but just ask Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens about crossing the line and how they are treated now.
I may not have read Batman comic books, but I do remember watching the TV series with Adam West and seeing the Michael Keaton as Batman movie. The Heath Ledger Joker character is by far the most interesting one I have seen. I'm sorry that he will be unable to act the role again.
The other movie I saw today was WALL-E. Hey, I needed something to balance out The Dark Knight. It is a totally sappy movie, but kinda cool. Now where have I seen such devotion in a droid before?
6 comments:
I still need to see Wall-E.
I spent a big chuck of The Dark Knight thinking how sad it was that Ledger died so soon.
The pre-Nolan Batman movies all suck and have no resemblance to what Batman should be. Don't even get me started on Jack Nicholson as the Joker - an abomination!
Batman is my favorite of the superheroes, because he's self-made with no special powers and is dark, dark, dark.
Glad you enjoyed the movie!
Seeing TDK yesterday made me curious to see Batman Begins and maybe even check out the comic books. Did I just say that?
Hm. Can you be a superhero without having a superpower, or are you just a masked vigilante?
Batman Begins was good, but not as interesting as TDK. Read the Batman I recommended to you.
Batman is lumped in with the other superheroes, so I guess we can call him one. I think the fact that he has no superpowers makes him more impressive.
I have always thought of Batman as a superhero, but never really noticed that he didn't have a superpower until you mentioned it. Hm. I'm thinking this makes the Batman series science fiction since he relys on extrapolations of current technology.
The beauty of Batman - he is what he is because he is hyper-intelligent, wealthy, and insane. If not insane, at least sociopathic. No "born under a red sun" for him.
Alright, I think I have to go comic book hunting this weekend.
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