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Re-Watch: The Dark Knight (2008)

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The Dark Knight
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Based on: Bob Kane‘s comics
Sequel to: Batman Begins
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, Chin Han
[Here’s my first review.]

Plot:
Gotham’s streets are considerably cleaner since the Batman (Christian Bale) started his work. Nevertheless, the mob is still going strong. So when the up and coming DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) and Lt Gordon (Gary Oldman) ask Batman to help with the rest, he doesn’t say know. But at the same time, a new villain is trying to make the Batman’s life hell: the Joker (Heath Ledger).

I know I just gushed about Batman Begins, but I have to gush even more about The Dark Knight. It does have its faults, but it’s fucking amazing and even better than the first film.

[SPOILERS]

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the newest movie by Terry Gilliam, starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Peter Stormare, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Andrew Garfield.

Plot:
Doctor Parnassus (Christopher) has a travelling “circus” which he operates together with his best friend Percy (Verne Troyer), his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) and Anton (Andrew Garfield). Unfortunately things aren’t going too well. A long time back, Parnassus made a deal with the devil (Tom Waits) and promised his daughter to him on her 16th birthday, which is fast coming up. That’s when they stumble upon Tony (Heath Ledger/Johnny Depp/Jude Law/Colin Farrell) who is hiding something but quickly turns their whole word upside down.

Ideas! Ideas! Ideas! Terry Gilliam must have gotten them wholesale some time ago… While the movie isn’ t perfect, it lives from the stunning visuals, from the multitude of ideas and the great performances.

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I guess you all know what this blog post will be about…

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In case you don’t: The Dark Knight, Batman, Christian Bale, Christian Bale’s yummy ass, Christian Bale’s other yummy features, Bruce Wayne, The Joker, Jim Gordon, Harvey Dent, Rachel Dawes, quotes, but also, sadly, refrigerators. And anything else that keeps me from swooning in the middle of this post.

So, yesterday was Christmas. And Easter. And my birthday. And every other holiday in the world that means anything to me or anybody else. And of course, yesterday was the premiere of The Dark Knight in Austria.

Where should I start? I guess, best by saying that my expectations were so high, they were nearly beyond achievable, but this movie did it anyway. It’s a wonderful feeling, when you can expect so much and still leave the movie theatre completely satisfied.

[If there’s anybody left, who hasn’t seen the movie yet (like all the Austrians, who didn’t get premiere tickets), be warned, after the picture and the break, there will be SPOILERS!]

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I was there

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Finally, finally I saw I’m Not There. And I loved it. It was as good as I expected, funny and with a love for details that was just a-fucking-mazing.

I don’t know a lot about Bob Dylan, so it’s hard for me to judge whether the film is an accurate portray of him. But I felt like I got to know someone – whether or not that someone is really Bob Dylan, I can’t say. But it doesn’t matter anyway (at least to me).

Todd Haynes really has a thing for very good musician bio-pics (and if you still haven’t seen Velvet Goldmine it’s high time!). And he knows who to give the responsibility for the casting (for Velvet Goldmine it was Susie Figgis and for I’m Not There Laura Rosenthal). Do I really need to reiterate the perfect cast? Probably not, but I’m going to anyway :). Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin [Watch out for that little guy, he’s absolutely wonderful!], Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Bruce Greenwood, Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore and Ben Whishaw. And Kris Kristofferson has a very nice narrating voice.

I adored the small jokes that were just standing around – the appearance of the Beatles, the zoo and the poet (Ben Whishaw) is called Arthur Rimbaud, for krissakes.

And I need to get the soundtrack.

There are only two things I can critisise about the film:
1. It was a bit confusing (which I don’t mind when I’m in the right mood – leaves room for discussion).
2. There wasn’t nearly enough Christian Bale and he became a Born-Again-Christian (but that’s only a real criticism if you are a HUGE fan of CB – like me – and an atheist with an aversion against anything even remotely like a dogmatic doctrine – like me)

Salute to Heath Ledger

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I just heard about Heath Ledger‘s death (via psyriac.com) and honestly, I am shocked. He was so young, only 28. It’s unfair that he died so young and I hope that his family and especially his daughter have enough support and are a support for each other.

I never was a Heath Ledger Fan Girl, but I always enjoyed his movies and his acting. I’m sure that, given more time, he would have achieved great things and I’m sad that he won’t have the possibility now.

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I am glad that he did the movies he did and I hope he enjoyed his life, short as it was.

“I’m not good at future planning. I don’t plan at all. I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I don’t have a day planner and I don’t have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.” (quote from imdb)
I hope he really did.