THE DARK KNIGHT

Sorry, fanboys, but I'm not as much of a "fan" of this movie as a lot of other people obviously are. Frankly, after watching it, I just couldn't see what the big deal was about this film. I mean, it wasn't a bad movie, but, like with the earlier-reviewed The Terminator, I was left a little disappointed that it didn't live up to expectations. This movie, for those few of you who haven't watched it yet, is the sequel to the film Batman Begins (which, in my oh-so-humble opinion, was the better Christian Bale Batman film). In this film, Batman battles both The Joker--played by the late Heath Ledger who died before the release of this film--and Two-Face whom The Joker, shall we say, creates. Everyone made a big deal about Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker, but I can't help but wonder if people would've still made as big a deal out of his performance had he not died so unexpectantly (of a reported drug overdose). Now, don't get me wrong, he did a fine job as The Joker, but I'm more of a fan of Jack Nicholson's version of The Joker in noted--again, shall we say--eccentric film director Tim Burton's first Batman flick back in the late-eighties with Michael Keaton as Batman as it was more in line with the comic book, uh, I mean, graphic novel version of The Joker. As for noted hothead actor Christian Bale's version of Batman, he sounds like the white version of Miles Davis, for Pete's sake! A sidenote: As--there again, shall we say--disappointed as I was with this film, I'm kind of looking forward to the next Christian Bale Batman film--reportedly called The Dark Knight Rises--particularly because it stars Anne Hathaway as the latest cinematic version of Catwoman (as, of course, I mentioned before). Meow!