Serious Joker

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2008)

I love Bale ever since Begins, then to The Prestige now Dark Knight, even back to the American Psycho. I have to say Begins was completely out of my expectation and overcome the worsen tendency of Batman films. I am thrilled to see Bale continues his role as Batman. So even when everyone applause Heath for the performance as Joker, I am still expecting to see Bale before the movie.
Now, after the movie last night (booking not possible for the first week in HK), what I can't forget most is the Serious Joker. Every detail in his performance, especially the way he talks. We see no signs of Jack Nicolson, only a psychotic Joker. The look of Joker is more fearful than playful. The theory of anarchy, the truth of human nature, none of these was supposed to be a joker's theory. In the first Batman, what we see are revenge and violence.
Not like other Batman movies, Dark Knight is no longer a comic film, but a true serious film. Sudden serious Joker and always serious Batman.