Comments on: No Concessions: “The Dark Knight” http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: CD Review: “Inception: Music from the Motion Picture” | lonelySound.nethttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-64129 CD Review: “Inception: Music from the Motion Picture” | lonelySound.net Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:24:53 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-64129 [...] on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The Dark Knight, and his reputation is overinflated by his biggest devotees. But that was so 2008, and I’m moving [...] [...] on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The Dark Knight, and his reputation is overinflated by his biggest devotees. But that was so 2008, and I’m moving [...]

]]> By: CD Review: “Inception: Music from the Motion Picture” | soundonair.nethttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-64124 CD Review: “Inception: Music from the Motion Picture” | soundonair.net Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:11:33 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-64124 [...] on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The Dark Knight, and his reputation is overinflated by his biggest devotees. But that was so 2008, and I’m moving [...] [...] on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The Dark Knight, and his reputation is overinflated by his biggest devotees. But that was so 2008, and I’m moving [...]

]]> By: BobCashillhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-50276 BobCashill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:59:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-50276 I mean, "Most of it." I mean, “Most of it.”

]]> By: BobCashillhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-50275 BobCashill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:58:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-50275 Most lf it. Most lf it.

]]> By: BobCashillhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-41355 BobCashill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:59:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-41355 I mean, "Most of it." I mean, “Most of it.”

]]> By: BobCashillhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-41354 BobCashill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:58:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-41354 Most lf it. Most lf it.

]]> By: BobCashillhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-11766 BobCashill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:59:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-11766 I mean, "Most of it." I mean, “Most of it.”

]]> By: BobCashillhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-11765 BobCashill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:58:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-11765 Most lf it. Most lf it.

]]> By: Matt Braynardhttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-11764 Matt Braynard Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:40:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-11764 How much of your soul is left after writing a piece like that? How much of your soul is left after writing a piece like that?

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/comment-page-1/#comment-11763 rwcass Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:25:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-the-dark-knight/#comment-11763 "It doesn’t help that an early bit of courtroom heroism on the DA’s part is so poorly staged by Nolan that I kept thinking it was some sort of setup."<br><br>I completely agree. If I hadn't read your review before seeing the movie, I would've expected some sort of bribe to be handed to Harvey Dent by Eric Roberts's character in the second half of the film. No one in the entire courtroom reacts when the gun is pulled out! No time for reshoots?<br><br>The movie was too long, but I liked it. I didn't think it suffered from "villainitis" like "Spider-Man 3" or the three Batman movies that came out in the '90s, but a friend of mine noted that Harvey Dent probably had more screen time than Bruce Wayne/Batman if you counted up their scenes. Ledger was scary and funny, but am I the only one who thought he licked his chops a little too much? It lost its potency after a while.<br><br>To me the biggest acting disappointment was Maggie Gyllenhaal. Her voice made her sound like a college intern, not an assistant DA. When she was cast, people thought she'd be a big improvement over Katie Holmes, but I didn't think there was much of a difference. Granted, "The Dark Knight" is a boys' club, and the Rachel Dawes character isn't that well-defined to begin with, but I still expected something more from Gyllenhaal. “It doesn’t help that an early bit of courtroom heroism on the DA’s part is so poorly staged by Nolan that I kept thinking it was some sort of setup.”

I completely agree. If I hadn't read your review before seeing the movie, I would've expected some sort of bribe to be handed to Harvey Dent by Eric Roberts's character in the second half of the film. No one in the entire courtroom reacts when the gun is pulled out! No time for reshoots?

The movie was too long, but I liked it. I didn't think it suffered from “villainitis” like “Spider-Man 3″ or the three Batman movies that came out in the '90s, but a friend of mine noted that Harvey Dent probably had more screen time than Bruce Wayne/Batman if you counted up their scenes. Ledger was scary and funny, but am I the only one who thought he licked his chops a little too much? It lost its potency after a while.

To me the biggest acting disappointment was Maggie Gyllenhaal. Her voice made her sound like a college intern, not an assistant DA. When she was cast, people thought she'd be a big improvement over Katie Holmes, but I didn't think there was much of a difference. Granted, “The Dark Knight” is a boys' club, and the Rachel Dawes character isn't that well-defined to begin with, but I still expected something more from Gyllenhaal.

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