I'm coming to this thread late since I took a while getting around to seeing it but now that I have... omg...
I've found in the past it happens with annoying frequency that the better the trailers and the more excited I am about a movie the more disappointing it ends up being. Add to that the whole Heath Ledger issue and I figured there was such a great expectation that Dark Knight HAD to disappoint on some level. There's no way a movie could be that good, right? Wrong.
The Dark Knight totally hammered my expectations and literally left me staring wide-eyed and speechless when the credits started rolling.
I can't even put into words exactly why I love it so much (without rambling for pages) but I do know Heath Ledger was a big part of it. I'm not just saying that because of his tragedy, I'm saying it because he took a totally unbelievable and fictitious comic book character and turned him into a shockingly believable person that dominated every scene he was in. He left you wanting more and more Joker scenes just because he was such an fantastic character and it was so amazing to watch Heath play it. It depresses me to think of what other characters he may have elevated to that level had his career continued. |