Dark Knight is a bully

Rating: 3/10 (20 July 2008)

A long time ago there was this movie, The Cook, The Thief, The Wife and Her Lover by Peter Greenaway which made itself a painfully obvious 'arty' movie i.e. you'd be a pariah to 'not get it' and worse, not like it.
The Dark Knight suffers the same malady. Bloated with self-important preachings of 'we get the superhero we need', 'you either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain' and 'unstoppable force meets immovable object' yadayada. It dares anyone to NOT like it. NOT be kind to Heath Ledger in his final role.
Oh please. Gimme the layers of Batman Returns any day. It was dark, deep and even had its tongue firmly in the cheek...Batman: 'What do you want? Penguin: Ahh, the direct approach from a man who hides behind a mask' Dark Knight is big with loud bangs and at best ONE character we can root for.
Christian Bale, a good Batman, barely engages in the two and half hours.
Gyllenhaal is wasted. As is Freeman.
Eckhart's slide...too quick and convenient.
And Ledger...like I said, how can anyone DARE say a dead man did a bad job? The only person who does his role great justice is Oldman. He is the only person you look forward to seeing on the screen. The rest...well...
I'm sure the comic book fans will prop up Dark Knight's ratings but I'm hoping true blue movie buffs can set the record straight.