The Dark Knight on Friday Night

So now that I have discussed Dr. Horrible, I need to to discuss THE DARK NIGHT, which I saw on Friday night with Kevin and his friends. It was the movie we were waiting for all summer and I have to say I drove like a bat out of hell (but not like Batman) to get to the theatre in time from Bethesda.

It was well worth the wait and the crazy driving though (where's a Batmobile with a Bat-pod when you need one, anyway?). Also, I wanted to thank Kevin's friends for changing the time because it was one of the highlights to my insane week.

First and foremost, I have to say

WOW!!!!

There are not many words to convey the brilliance of the movie. It was extremely well cast with a star-studded cast. The hype about Heath Ledger as the Joker is true - he is phenomenal. There is no trace of Heath in that movie, he IS the Joker. It is entertaining and yet disturbing at the same time and in the way it should be, I believe. It is really tragic that he died at this point, as you can only see the potential of where he might have gone beyond this movie. I do hope he gets at least an Oscar nomination for his work, as it is well earned.

The rest of the movie is also pretty amazing; it is like getting two movies in one. Admittedly, it is pretty overwhelming on a first view (especially with a crappy sound system where you miss tons of dialogue) and definitely garners a second viewing. Definitely several layers and psychological depths to the piece and I cannot wait to see it again to catch all that I missed.

Definitely 5 stars - everyone should see it...

Playing Catch-up

I haven't posted a lot this week so I am going to play catch up, first of all I am going to retract two of my previous statements. We went to see Wall - e on Tuesday night. I recommend that everyone see it. As was said by the critics, "Pixar has outdone itself again." It is amazing how they can give human emotion to inanimate/non-organic objects and really make you care about them.

Anyway, in Wall-e a rubix cube is quite a predominant prop, which could account for it becoming a more popular toy I guess. Also, while we were there I saw the Star Wars poster for the upcoming animated feature. So MAYBE that accounts for the expected popularity of the toys...I know I won't be seeing it though, and I am sure there are atleast 100 million other people who won't be seeing it either...