mamma mia, it's the dark knight!
1. So. I've seen The Dark Knight. Beware of spoilers beneath the cut (though I've deliberately kept them pretty vague, IMHO, so no plot points are touched on that you won't already know from the trailer - at least they won't affect your enjoyment of the show, I think). However, there is one thing that can safely be said spoiler-free:
Frick. Frackity. FRACK. Heath Ledger was ah-mazing. I already knew from the trailer that this would be a kickass performance to end all kickass performances - well, it was that and more. He was terrifying (which was the point), and just simply... incredible. Menacing, evil, and altogether different from when you've ever seen Heath before. Un-friggin'-believable is what he was.
- Okay, so I wasn't blown away by the first Batman movie in this series. Didn't help that I'm not by nature a DC fan - I'm a Marvel girl all the way - and not much of a fan of Batman. But also, I felt that film just didn't come together quite right. Yes, I get that director Christopher Nolan had rebooted the series from the camp that characterised the franchise for far too long, and that it was dark and sleek and moody. Well, I LIKED Burton's original Batman films, so I couldn't get used to this relentlessly arthouse, brooding Batman. Plus, the origin story was just boring.
- Thank god Nolan didn't have to deal with that in this movie - I came out of the cinema and told my friends that this movie reminded me crazily of my favourite Nolan film, Memento. It just had the same deliciously dark, evil feel to it, smart and packed full of twists and just so insanely suspenseful. For a 153-minute film to keep you engaged through its entire running time? No mean feat.
- And with this film, Nolan has really created such an insanely inventive and ambitious hybrid of a movie - crime thriller (crawling with mobsters and cops), love story (the triangle between Bruce, Rachel - a far better Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Harvey Dent), and psycho-slasher movie (except freakin' STYLISH). The best part is that Nolan has packed the entire last hour of his film with crazy, tension-filled twists: you never know what to think or expect, because he's constantly pulling the rug out from under your feet, as he races through ending after ending after ending to reach that climax which fantastically reminds you why this film is titled 'The Dark Knight'.
- That part got a bit wearying after a while, I must admit - right after the first smash-bang ending (that terrible terrible choice the Joker forces Batman to make in the prison), which is just CRAZY emotional and affecting, it's hard to settle down to all the crazy that comes after. Because the movie emphatically isn't over, and continues to hit climax after climax for forty minutes afterward. Does a regular number on one's heart, it does! I came out of the movie feeling ridiculously hyper and awake, even though it'd been a long day at work and the movie was so looong. So that's the bad part.
- But OMG. SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE. Because Heath Ledger alone would have made this movie worth watching. Seriously. I cannot say enough good things about his performance - he is horrifyingly, scarily DEMENTED throughout the film as the Joker, and I swear I might have nightmares about him tonight, with all his stories of how he got his scarred face, and the terrible terrible chaos he leaves behind him as he taunts Batman and contributes to the creation of Two-Face. Man oh man. EVIL CRIMINAL GENIUS OF WIN.
- AND THE TWISTS. THE FAKE ENDINGS AND THE TRAPS THE JOKER LAYS EVERYWHERE AND OMFG HE' IS SOME KIND OF EVIL AND FUCKED-UP AND IT WAS AWESOME. Yeah, clearly I have issues about having a thing for totally evil, messed-up dudes who look like defaced clowns with acid thrown in their faces. SWEET.
2. What other movie would we be foolhardy enough to open the same weekend as this blockbuster? Why, that would be Mamma Mia, of course. I won't be able to watch this for another two months because my country is made of too much fail for words. But there are pretty PRETTY promo pictures! Involving lots of half-naked men, LOL.
MERYL. HOW MUCH DO I LOVE HER OUTFIT.
Awww. This photo is adorable - Amanda Seyfried looks beautiful, and GAH. How is it fair that Meryl's daughter is THAT gorgeous?!?
LOL BEEFCAKE SHOT.
FUCK. Thank you, Colin Firth, for reminding me I am ostensibly straight. ALSKJDALDJLASDA. Why are you so hot.
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS.
And this isn't Mamma-Mia-related. But, just to prove that Meryl's kids won the genetic lottery:
Mamie Gummer is GORGEOUS. She was in Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Laura Linney, which I saw, and she was GREAT in it.
And guess what lovely surprise was waiting amongst the red blue carpet shots:
It's Juuuuuuuliiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaa!! :D
3. Predictably? I MADE ICONS. :P
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4. I realise that now I've seen Dark Knight, there isn't actually another movie playing at cinemas now that I'll want to see. OMG. BEREFT. What will I do with myself this weekend?!
5. OH GOD. ONE. WEEK. TO. XF2. Tempted to take the day off the moment it premieres so I can watch it at, like, noon or something. IS THIS OBSESSIVE/EXCESSIVE/TOO FLAILY? Do I care? Not particularly. :D
6. Eek! Ace is going to be staged and possibly head to Broadway! I LOVE the demo that I have, and it looks like Jill Paice will be singing Julia Murney's part. Sweet. Of course, the news that Emily Skinner might also be involved has me VERY intrigued to see whether this show can make it big.
7. OMFG. EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR LEE PACE AND KRISTIN CHENOWETH. YEEES. WELL DONE, EMMYS, for all the PD love. Because, OMFG, you frickin' left ROBERT SEAN LEONARD off your best supporting actor list. NO LOVE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF THAT. (Edited to add: here's a video of Cheno announcing the Emmy nominees alongside Neil Patrick Harris. It's adorable how she can't stop talking, LOL. She dishes on her love life! And demands to go on American Idol!! Ahhh Cheno. I've forgotten what a sunshiny ball of CUTE you are.)
8. I am also addicted to Next To Normal. Just wanted to say that, again. Because it bears repeating. I cannot stop listening to I Dreamed A Dance.
9. ETA: Julia fans, let's play a ridiculously simple game that weazel_luv *ahem* distracted me with when I should have been working yesterday! (Kidding, I totes distracted myself.) Please to be hunting through my interests on my profile to find the three interests related to Ms Murney. ADD THEM TO YOUR PROFILE. Spread the LOVE. :D
Frick. Frackity. FRACK. Heath Ledger was ah-mazing. I already knew from the trailer that this would be a kickass performance to end all kickass performances - well, it was that and more. He was terrifying (which was the point), and just simply... incredible. Menacing, evil, and altogether different from when you've ever seen Heath before. Un-friggin'-believable is what he was.
- Okay, so I wasn't blown away by the first Batman movie in this series. Didn't help that I'm not by nature a DC fan - I'm a Marvel girl all the way - and not much of a fan of Batman. But also, I felt that film just didn't come together quite right. Yes, I get that director Christopher Nolan had rebooted the series from the camp that characterised the franchise for far too long, and that it was dark and sleek and moody. Well, I LIKED Burton's original Batman films, so I couldn't get used to this relentlessly arthouse, brooding Batman. Plus, the origin story was just boring.
- Thank god Nolan didn't have to deal with that in this movie - I came out of the cinema and told my friends that this movie reminded me crazily of my favourite Nolan film, Memento. It just had the same deliciously dark, evil feel to it, smart and packed full of twists and just so insanely suspenseful. For a 153-minute film to keep you engaged through its entire running time? No mean feat.
- And with this film, Nolan has really created such an insanely inventive and ambitious hybrid of a movie - crime thriller (crawling with mobsters and cops), love story (the triangle between Bruce, Rachel - a far better Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Harvey Dent), and psycho-slasher movie (except freakin' STYLISH). The best part is that Nolan has packed the entire last hour of his film with crazy, tension-filled twists: you never know what to think or expect, because he's constantly pulling the rug out from under your feet, as he races through ending after ending after ending to reach that climax which fantastically reminds you why this film is titled 'The Dark Knight'.
- That part got a bit wearying after a while, I must admit - right after the first smash-bang ending (that terrible terrible choice the Joker forces Batman to make in the prison), which is just CRAZY emotional and affecting, it's hard to settle down to all the crazy that comes after. Because the movie emphatically isn't over, and continues to hit climax after climax for forty minutes afterward. Does a regular number on one's heart, it does! I came out of the movie feeling ridiculously hyper and awake, even though it'd been a long day at work and the movie was so looong. So that's the bad part.
- But OMG. SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE. Because Heath Ledger alone would have made this movie worth watching. Seriously. I cannot say enough good things about his performance - he is horrifyingly, scarily DEMENTED throughout the film as the Joker, and I swear I might have nightmares about him tonight, with all his stories of how he got his scarred face, and the terrible terrible chaos he leaves behind him as he taunts Batman and contributes to the creation of Two-Face. Man oh man. EVIL CRIMINAL GENIUS OF WIN.
- AND THE TWISTS. THE FAKE ENDINGS AND THE TRAPS THE JOKER LAYS EVERYWHERE AND OMFG HE' IS SOME KIND OF EVIL AND FUCKED-UP AND IT WAS AWESOME. Yeah, clearly I have issues about having a thing for totally evil, messed-up dudes who look like defaced clowns with acid thrown in their faces. SWEET.
2. What other movie would we be foolhardy enough to open the same weekend as this blockbuster? Why, that would be Mamma Mia, of course. I won't be able to watch this for another two months because my country is made of too much fail for words. But there are pretty PRETTY promo pictures! Involving lots of half-naked men, LOL.
MERYL. HOW MUCH DO I LOVE HER OUTFIT.
Awww. This photo is adorable - Amanda Seyfried looks beautiful, and GAH. How is it fair that Meryl's daughter is THAT gorgeous?!?
LOL BEEFCAKE SHOT.
FUCK. Thank you, Colin Firth, for reminding me I am ostensibly straight. ALSKJDALDJLASDA. Why are you so hot.
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS.
And this isn't Mamma-Mia-related. But, just to prove that Meryl's kids won the genetic lottery:
Mamie Gummer is GORGEOUS. She was in Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Laura Linney, which I saw, and she was GREAT in it.
And guess what lovely surprise was waiting amongst the red blue carpet shots:
It's Juuuuuuuliiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaa!! :D
3. Predictably? I MADE ICONS. :P
1
2
3
4
5
4. I realise that now I've seen Dark Knight, there isn't actually another movie playing at cinemas now that I'll want to see. OMG. BEREFT. What will I do with myself this weekend?!
5. OH GOD. ONE. WEEK. TO. XF2. Tempted to take the day off the moment it premieres so I can watch it at, like, noon or something. IS THIS OBSESSIVE/EXCESSIVE/TOO FLAILY? Do I care? Not particularly. :D
6. Eek! Ace is going to be staged and possibly head to Broadway! I LOVE the demo that I have, and it looks like Jill Paice will be singing Julia Murney's part. Sweet. Of course, the news that Emily Skinner might also be involved has me VERY intrigued to see whether this show can make it big.
7. OMFG. EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR LEE PACE AND KRISTIN CHENOWETH. YEEES. WELL DONE, EMMYS, for all the PD love. Because, OMFG, you frickin' left ROBERT SEAN LEONARD off your best supporting actor list. NO LOVE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF THAT. (Edited to add: here's a video of Cheno announcing the Emmy nominees alongside Neil Patrick Harris. It's adorable how she can't stop talking, LOL. She dishes on her love life! And demands to go on American Idol!! Ahhh Cheno. I've forgotten what a sunshiny ball of CUTE you are.)
8. I am also addicted to Next To Normal. Just wanted to say that, again. Because it bears repeating. I cannot stop listening to I Dreamed A Dance.
9. ETA: Julia fans, let's play a ridiculously simple game that weazel_luv *ahem* distracted me with when I should have been working yesterday! (Kidding, I totes distracted myself.) Please to be hunting through my interests on my profile to find the three interests related to Ms Murney. ADD THEM TO YOUR PROFILE. Spread the LOVE. :D