The Darkest Knight of Them All

I finally saw Batman: The Dark Knight. Yay for me. Very exciting. The two and a half hours flew by. Heath Ledger as the Joker was indeed impressive. Sadly really, that he can't do it in the sequel.

Batman's deeps fake voice was annoying. Morgan Freeman was as always, Morgan Freeman. And of course, saving the day conveniently setup the next time the day would require saving.

It seemed like a lot of scenes were cut. Not just cut, but overtly missing. It was a really good, face paced movie. It was just a little jumbled. Like the director wanted a three-hour movie and was convinced to strip it down to two and half. I managed to fill in the missing links as I'm sure most folk did. But still was left with the feeling that I had blinked much too often.

A fabulous follow up to Batman Begins. Although I have to say I still prefer that clarity and cerebral nuances of it a little bit more.

As for dressing up the kids as spooky, overdoes guy, Joker. I emphatically vote yes. It's so morbidly tacky that it's downright American.

Subtle

The Strangers was stupid and boring. Not good at all. Nice masks. But that's it.

Now if you really want to see a scary french movie try Irreversible. That shit is gruesome. A head turned to jello via fire extinguisher is gore enough to rival any American movie. On top of that it actually has content. Plot and characters. All that extraneous stuff American movies tend to leave out.

The french are masters of combing vileness and seduction. Baise Moi is one of my favorite movies. Empowered women. Graphic sex. And relentless violence. There's nothing left to want. Understandably most french movies don't have costumes to coincide. Bloody anuses don't good costume make.

Which is surprising. Considering how much Americans enjoy being fucked up the ass.