I loved TDK. I've seen it more than once, and enoyed it each time. Heath Ledger's Joker was chilling, the action sequences were awesome, and Harvey Dent/Two Face is now my favorite villain.
That being said, I agree with you completely. The characters were indeed one-dimensional, and the dialogue pretty much spelled everything out for you. And I got the whole 'white knight/dark knight' thing the first time; did they really need to spell it out? Repeatedly? Plus, I agree with your assessment of Heath Ledger. Yeah, his performance was good. It was even a little scary. But... it was indeed a 'one note' character that any good actor could have pulled off. Though I am glad that at least Heath's final performance is so well received. I just wish it didn't overshadow other deserving actors/characters, like Aaron Eckhart's Harvey, who was my favorite character of the entire movie.
And I don't see what the deal was with Gordon's son, either. I don't remember him being important - or even existing - in the Batman universe, after all. And his wife is named Barbara... if the daughter fits canon and is also named Barbara, then their family consists of two Barbaras, a James/Jim, and a Jimmy. Wow, whatever would they name a third child if they had one?
So, yeah... awesome movie on some levels, not so much on others. I prefer Iron Man.
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Date: 2008-08-20 09:55 pm (UTC)That being said, I agree with you completely. The characters were indeed one-dimensional, and the dialogue pretty much spelled everything out for you. And I got the whole 'white knight/dark knight' thing the first time; did they really need to spell it out? Repeatedly? Plus, I agree with your assessment of Heath Ledger. Yeah, his performance was good. It was even a little scary. But... it was indeed a 'one note' character that any good actor could have pulled off. Though I am glad that at least Heath's final performance is so well received. I just wish it didn't overshadow other deserving actors/characters, like Aaron Eckhart's Harvey, who was my favorite character of the entire movie.
And I don't see what the deal was with Gordon's son, either. I don't remember him being important - or even existing - in the Batman universe, after all. And his wife is named Barbara... if the daughter fits canon and is also named Barbara, then their family consists of two Barbaras, a James/Jim, and a Jimmy. Wow, whatever would they name a third child if they had one?
So, yeah... awesome movie on some levels, not so much on others. I prefer Iron Man.