This is a great read and highlights a few key things
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/01/the-dark-knight-an-extraordinary-cinematic-revolution/- Firstly the guy in the past has slated Imax in a big way and to be blown away by a movie filmed in this way is something to say - yep done well
- Next is how well this movie has been put together, I always thought this would be good going on the first and the cast and the director and the script but wow, the amount of detail they seem to have put in every aspect of this movie is amazing.
- The first movie batman begins was a good movie and made well, the only reason it did not do well in the box office was because it was a batman movie and that name has been scared in a big way with the previous movies so it put people off going to this one and it was marketed with caution. I myself did not see this until I rented it on DVD and was blow away, it was done very well and for me set a new standard for comic book movies and a number of comic book movies followed suit in the same way in terms of the direction and style it was filmed in, the new hulk movie was emulating more this style showing how the previous clearly is not the direction to take these movies.
Dark Knight Will again I am sure raise the bar for not just comic book movies but all movies in terms of how you make it and how you market it. I think they have done this very well, not to much and not to little it has been a perfect execution just about and even with the death of Heath Ledger which was very sad it has not really effected the movie in a positive or negative light - it still has had the hype regardless.
I am sure Heath Ledgers performance will be outstanding as every comment about him before and after his death in terms of the filming had everyone saying how amazed they were that the clean cut actor played the joker.
What concerns me though is that while it may be the best movie we all here have ever seen or seen for a long while because of what it is (action movie based on a comic) that the Oscar folk and others may not consider it anything of anything when the time comes even if it fully deserves it. Some of the filming, director, writers, Heath ledger all possible candidates for something but because its what it is they may not take any notice which would be a shame.
If and when awards be it Oscars or other comes and The Dark Knight does not get the recognition it may deserve it will show it is about time these things change and the quality not the type of movie should be better considered.
