CyberNirvana

I had the chance to watch last year's The Dark Knight again.

Well, I need to re-assess what I said a year ago on a previous post: I cannot call this movie average but a serious piece of cinematic experience. Christopher Nolan crafted something unique unseen in previous comic book adaptations and Hollywood flicks.

I am no Batman comic book fan as I hardly read any of them but this movie does complement the capped crusader pictorial version. Although I did criticised it originally as being too long and complex, Nolan has handled each character very well. True, a very dark film indeed (try reading Arkham Asylum if you care!) but the burst of action sequences relieve the tensions at the appropriate time.

Ultimately, the star of the show is indeed the Joker: Heath Ledger performance cannot be undermined. It is the Joker who runs the show and it is his machiavellian designs which makes the story so compelling.

Finally, the prologue is one of the best movie intros I have seen for years: the editing, the sequence, the music, the story line and the Joker's introduction (I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you...Stranger!), whoah...What a spectacle! The only Hollywood flick which comes to mind is the Beverly Hills Cop 2 scenes at the horse race course.

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