Batman

I'm not going to lie... I wasn't sure what to expect going into the Dark Knight (new Batman film) as it was literally "the" thing to talk about in the US over the last 2 weeks. Many people last week at Comicon were dressed as the Joker; all the sepeculation surrounding (Australian) Heath Ledger's death; the fact that I wasn't really sure how the story line was going to fit in with the overall series of films; the fact that some people had already been as many as three times so I was worried I would think it was going to be awesome - then potentially get let down...

I wasn't let down. It is nothing short of brilliant.

I am a massive movie fan, and a massive fan of comic book adaptations. For those who have been to Laura & my house you would have seen the over 500 and something (I stopped counting a while ago) DVD's on my wall of which a bunch of them are comic book adaptations. X-Men, Electra, Daredevil, Hellboy, The Phantom, Fantastic 4... I have them all...

Of course this includes the Batman series. I have the original film from 1960 something starring Adam West & Burt Ward as I was introduced to the TV series at an early age from my Dad. I really loved that original TV series and I hope they release it on box set DVD soon! I also have all the "modern day" Batman films but my favourite will always be the first "modern day" Batman with Michael Keaton, Kim Bassinger, Jack Nicholson and Billy Dee Williams. I credit Billy Dee Williams higher than what most would - but I thought he was brilliant in Star Wars as "Lando Calrissian" and he was equally brilliant in Batman.

The first "modern day" Batman was awesome. The sound track done entirely by Prince was equally as brilliant. I used to own that soundtrack on Cassette and it was just such awesome music. Jack was equally awesome (as always) as the Joker... pretty big shoes for "our" Heath to try and fill...

Honestly - he made that film. His acting was amazing - and he is fully deserved if he wins the Oscar post humously...

It was an awesome story line, the effects were amazing, Heath stole the show... and while it was super long (over 2.5 hours) it didn't drag on at all. I went with Laura who has pretty different Movie taste to me and she seemed to somewhat enjoy it also!

So all in all - this movie is really a must see. I want to go and see it again for sure and I will be buying the DVD Special Edition.

Attached is a really really clever link to not spoil the movie if you havent seen it. It is done with the "original" Batman movie from the 60's but in the theme of the Dark Knight Trailer. Very clever - really celebrates the heritage of Batman on the big screen...

See this movie.