Comments on The Dark Knight

Tad Marcovich     8th January, 2009 14:58pm

Forewarned of Ledger's sinister over the top take over of the whole movie I was alarmed to find Batman was almost a mere cameo role and Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne a rather insipid two dimensional side story. Whether Bruce Wayne wanted to hand over the City back to its elected officials or not it became apparent that Harvey Dent was not incorruptible at a price. The comic book was still there - Hollywood still portraying Joe Public as barely worth the effort - they deserve the government they vote for - and the Joker was supernaturally capable without any of the resources BW/BM have to hand. Maybe Ledger's powerful portrayal of villainy was enhanced by the rather cynical and apathetic 'good' side. If Batman can summon the resources to snatch a guy from a skyscraper in Hong Kong he should not have been so powerless against this Gotham adversary. The two ferries were a bore.