The first hour and a half of this movie presented itself as a gritty, realistic, dark, tragic story. And then at the end - the sonar and boat scene - completely violated the terms of the story telling. First of all, this is The Dark Knight, isn't it? So why does it have a goodie/fairy tale ending that i found completely implausible:
"A goodie/fairy tale ending"? What movie were you watching? Did you sneak into Mamma Mia by mistake? It certainly wasn't TDK if you think it had a fairy tale ending. At the end of this movie, the love of Batman's life is dead, the Joker is caught but has essentially "won" by proving his point (through Harvey), Batman's biggest ally on the war on crime was corrupted and now lies dead at his feet, and on top of that, Bats has the police chasing him for murders he didn't commit.
The goody good citizens and criminals don't blow each other up because they LOVE each other SO SO MUCH...OOOH I'm so warm and fuzzy right now! YAY! HEE HEE!
Childish oversimplification that ignores all the facts. The "innocent" civilians were trash talking the prisoners the whole time and voted in favor of blowing them up. The only thing that saved the prisoners was that the guy who was going to blow them up ultimately didn't have the guts to push the button when it came down to it. The prisoners were close to rioting, hence why the guards were threatening to shoot them. Like the prisoner who threw the detonator out the window said, "These men will kill you and take it anyway." There was no "love" about it from either side. When the guards on the prisoners' boat let the large prisoner have the detonator, they were expecting him to blow up the other boat and they didn't care, because it would save their own hides without them having to personally take the blame.
And the sonar looked ridiculous - like a cartoon.
Guess you've been watching some fancy cartoons. Although I think the sonar scene could have been handled better, I've never seen any cartoons that look anything like that.
And, i'm sorry Two-Face looked more like he belonged in a video game as well. I don't understand, they alter the Joker to fit the Nolan Bat world, but with two-face they make him look just like he does in the cartoon and comic books. WTF?????? Couldn't they have done two-face a little more realistic??? That little piece of skin on the bottom of his left mouth, flapping up and down when he talked looked completely CGI-ified and cartoon like.
That you're actually
complaining about Two-Face's appearance being comic book accurate says a lot, IMO.
I would rather have the Two-Face I know and love from TLH than this...
From the Phantom of the Opera. The man depicted here is supposed to be so hideous that people can't stand to look at him and even pay to see him in a freak show. Instead, it just looks like Gerard Butler with a weird eye and a bad sunburn on one side of his face. Embarrassing. And yet, this is what some people wanted Two-Face to look like.
Can't Nolan and co. take a note from BTAS. In BTAS they have a full 30 minute story that is more a crime drama/detective/thriller, and it's consistent throughout.
TDK was all of these.
I just wish Nolan would keep the dark story telling going til the end, instead of introducing the major CGI action third act.
The dark story was kept throughout the entire film, everywhere except for in your mind, where for some reason you saw the prisoners and the civilians getting together and singing kumbaya and summoning Captain Planet and the care bears to join in their song about how much they loved each other so they're not going to blow up each other's boats.
Based on what I am reading here, I'd pretty much conclude that TDK was a disappointment. I for one, was disappointed the second I left the theater.
If you go to a "disappointments" thread, you're bound to find criticisms/nitpicking/bashing, no matter what movie the thread is for. Nearly 90% of Batman fans on these boards gave the movie either a 9 or a 10. Considering how fickle fanboys can be, that is an amazing accomplishment. I never thought I'd see a Batman movie where that percentage of fans approved of it so overwhelmingly.
