Here I will post my thoughts on The Dark Knight. No, not The Dark Knight Rises, that is a different movie but I'm sure some people will be confused anyway. Tonight I am seeing the sequel and then post my thoughts on that particular film on Saturday to give some time for the hype to die out a bit.
I really like The Dark Knight and it's probably one of my favorite comic book movies. When compared to some movies in the genre it's simply incredible to see what Nolan was able to do. The story is intelligent and grounded in "reality" in a fresh and interesting way. whatever praise I can give The Dark Knight would be unoriginal and boring at this point in the game so I am going to stop complimenting teh film.
The Dark Knight is a difficult film to like though, and it's not the film's fault. Instead, it's the fans. No, not the nerdy comic book fans and no, not the nerdy movie nerds. With those fans one can actually have an interesting conversation with and discuss clever, small aspects of the film. What I don't like are the "common" or "mainstream" fans the film has. The people the over-hype it and call it the best movie ever. I will say right now that The Dark Knight is not the greatest movie ever nor is it one of the greatest movies ever. I would say it is not one of the top 1000 movies ever. Sorry. With this, I understand that I am coming of as annoying and pretentious and I apologize because that is not my intention. A movie can be popular, that's fine. Star Wars is ridiculously popular but its fan-base (for the most part) is much better than that of The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan makes great movies, and ones that make A LOT of money. The Dark Knight Rises will make A LOT of money. With that, though, there will many annoying people saying it's the greatest thing ever, blah blah blah. Hype can be a dangerous thing, and it can sometimes interfere with enjoying a great movie. Which is sad.
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