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Massively Overrated Movie

posted 5 years ago by LiquidOcelot (2412)
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For following reasons -

1. Bale sucked as Batman - if the titular character makes you laugh at how absurd he sounds every time he opens his mouth, you know there's something wrong

2. Maggie Gyllenhaal - simply not attractive enough to play Batman's love interest and her performance was lousy too

3. Dialogue - some of the dialogue is absolute cringe and clunky as hell. For example - "he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs..." Blah blah blah

4. The score is completely generic and forgettable - I like some of Hans Zimmer's past work but this was such a generic score. Was there even a theme? Could you hum it right now to save your life? Compare this to Batman 89 which had one of the most memorable and iconic themes of all time

5. Visually uninspiring - the movie has a very plain aesthetic to it, like something you'd see in an episode of CSI. There's just nothing to it. It looks like a poor man's Heat (much better movie btw)

6. Heath Ledger - his performance was probably the best thing about the movie but also massively overrated because of his death. It was good don't get me wrong, but he wouldn't have got half the praise (or the Oscar) if he was still alive. Just facts.

[–] Truthtalker (1979) 5 years ago

Bingo

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I disagree.

[–] LiquidOcelot (2412) 4 months ago

Well I agree with the OP.

[–] DaveBowman2001 (518) 5 years ago

Yeah. Sums it up. Maggie was ok, but I never understood the praise this movie got. Just a meh superhero movie.

[–] degree7 (821) 5 years ago

I thought this movie was overrated in 2008 when I saw it, and I still think that today. However, over the years I’ve warmed up to its attempt to portray superhero’s/supervillains as people that could actually exist in the real world. The scenes between Batman and Joker in the interrogation room are the best it has to offer, and the opening bank heist is visceral and well shot. But after that the movie begins to fall apart.

What is not so forgivable are the insane amount of plot holes and ridiculous contrivances in the script. The Joker’s plans require so many coincidences that it beggars belief, such as his phone-bomb escape from the police station and kidnapping Rachel and Harvey and having Batman setup in an elaborate plot.

The Two-Face makeup effects on Eckhart also look ridiculous and lose any suspension of disbelief. The fact that he’s missing the skin on half his face, with his bare eyeball, muscle, bone and tendons exposed, is just silly. He would have been dead from shock or an infection in minutes. In reality he would be kept in a medically induced coma. It might be nit picky, but Nolan trying to do a “realistic hard edged crime story” of Batman while having this unbelievable depiction of Two Face just hamstrung the filmmaker’s efforts.

Not to mention the entire ending with Batman being blamed for the death of Harvey Dent... makes no sense at all. The film is preachy and takes itself too seriously, while at the same time being unintentionally campy and unimaginative as a crime story. Overall the Dark Knight is a failure.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

You must be a big movie buff? Because you write like you are.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7188) 5 years ago

It has the same thing Kingsman had going for it. A lot of moments were good, but overall the film was just okay. But the moments stand out a lot for most people, which is why it's gets a gold star from them.

[–] Joogle83 (4486) 5 years ago

Kingsman was memorable like most of the movies in 2015 along with Mad Max Fury Road, Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens

[–] sut6432 (2908) 5 years ago

Just facts.

Actually, no. Opinions...just opinions.

[–] LiquidOcelot (2412) 5 years ago

Nah it's a fact. People are praised more after death, especially when it's untimely. It's something that universally occurs.

[–] BooBooCat (652) 4 years ago

You might be right, or you might be wrong. There's no way we possibly know now anyway.

[–] Joogle83 (4486) 5 years ago

I Disagree

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

So, you’re disagreeing with yourself. What does your therapist say about that?

[–] moviefanatic505 (6138) 5 years ago

1. No I admit the voice he did as Batman was a bit over the top but his performance outside the suit was not bad actually.

2. Completely subjective

3. Again opinion

4. I agree on Elfman's theme being better but that does not mean Zimmer's score was bad.

5. It was going for a realistic tone and it achieved that. Not everything has to be as stylized as Burton's Batman film.

6. Yeah I agree an actor's untimely death makes it to where their performances are praised and nominated. That is why they nominated James Gandolfini for an Oscar and he won the award for it in his film Enough Said. Oh wait...