PeaceBang Reviews “Dark Knight”: Part One

I read an article recently that suggested that “Dark Knight” may be the best movie ever made.
Say whhaaaaaat????
I know it made enormous caverns of money it’s opening weekend and has sold out everywhere. That’s nice for the people who will profit from it, but it doesn’t mean it’s a great film. It’s a cultural phenomenon, but as a movie it was a sloppy, entertaining, riveting mess. And I mean cinematic mess: scenes that didn’t make any sense, mumbled dialogue (Yo Batman, take a Fisherman’s Friend lozenge and have a cup of hot tea, man, I can’t hear ya!), bizarre inconsistencies of plot and setting, and too many bleedin’ characters to keep track of.
I loved Heath Ledger and was absolutely drawn in by this fascinating 21st century Trickster character. But it was as though all the screenplay’s and directorial energy went into that one focus area and […]