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'Dark Knight' in IMAX: Great Film or Greatest Film Ever?
Tuesday, July 22 2008 @ 01:59 PM EDT
Contributed by: Jimbo
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This radiant Dark Knight review just came in from guest correspondent Jason Calacanis. Jason writes:
The Dark Knight Reviewed
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Thanks to TechCrunch.com I was able to see the latest Batman film--The Dark Knight--last night at the IMAX theater at Universal City in Los Angeles. It was an amazing film, with stunning visual, amazing performances and a great story. I thought I would give you my impressions.
IMAX, IMAX, IMAX
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First, you have to see this film in IMAX. If you haven't seen an IMAX film yet this is the one to see. Now, the entire film isn't filmed in IMAX but the parts that have leveraged this technology are like nothing you've seen before. For most of the film (i.e. non-action sequences) the film is in letter box with the top and the bottom of the screen not being used. However, when the film moves to cityscapes and action sequences--BANG!--the full screen is used.
This is done so seamlessly that you wouldn't even notice the switch in formats. It really adds to the film. It's almost midnight and I'm dead tired, but if you offered me a second showing the Dark Knight on IMAX right now I would go. It's a two and half hour film and I've got a breakfast in the morning so this is a significant statement.
Heath Ledger's Performance
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Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker is--in a word--epic. It's perhaps one of the five most haunting and disturbing performances captured on film. If you take the most evil and demented characters ever captured on film, including Anthony Hopkins' Hannible Lecter and Robert DeNiro's Max Cady in Cape Fear, they pale in comparison.
Ledger's Joker shares almost nothing in common with the campy Tim Burton version played by Jack Nicholson, No, Ledger's Joker is a psychotic terrorist looking to nothing more than cause as much pain and suffering as possible.
His performance makes the Dark Knight feel less like a superhero film and more like a horror film combined with a film noir crime flick.
How great is this film--really?
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No one who's seen this film will deny it is the best superhero film ever made. If you loved Iron Man, X-Men, or Superman you will be enamored with this film.
If you are a fan of crime films like HEAT, The Killers or The Departed you will love this film. It's a real crime thriller with a great story line.
Right now I can't think of a better film than this in the past year. If you compare it to best picture nominations/winners from the last couple of years Dark Knight stands right up there with There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, The Departed, and Munich. It's certainly better than Mystic River, Seabiscuit, Ray, Sideways, Juno, and Little Miss Sunshine. As such, it's clearly going to get nominated for best picture.
I'm predicting it will clean up at the Oscars this year, including awards for Heath Ledger and Best Picture.
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