Another Batmania

Yes, Batman is back. But is all the fuss justified? The new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" has been opening across the world for the last weeks, with huge ticket sales, excellent reviews from critics and fans, and breaking box-office records.
At first, this could be almost an olympic triumph, entitled for a big gold medal.

I like going to the movies, specially when a promising movie turns out to be disappointing or an unknown movie becomes a good surprise. I still have nightmares from the last Indiana Jones adventure.... oh well, better days will come.

Anyway... "The Dark Knight" is a good superhero movie, but far from being the master piece everyone is talking about.
The same team who brought us in 2005 "Batman Returns" is back for another turn. The first movie was balanced: Bruce Wayne and Batman origins', the story as a whole, the action sequences, the sets, the bat-gadgets and all actors... even for a running time of 2h20.

One of the "The Dark Knight" flaws is its length, because they used the same bad formula as in "Spiderman 3": to develop 2 main villain characters for 2h30.
The ace is this film is really the Joker, who feels more like a really bad-tough-dangerous-motherf***** than a simple villain! eheheh This role from the late Heath Ledger is very good, those kind of roles that belong in the Villains Hall of Fame!

Another problem with this film is Batman's voice. Come on, really, it looks like our superhero suffers from lung cancer after smoking for years! As soon as Bruce Ways puts on his bat-suit, he almost starts to talk in a Terminator-like tone of voice.

Last but not least, this new Batman is very very high-tech geek! I always enjoyed his gadgets, some more believable than others... but the new bat-sonar is too much! It's almost like watching "Mission: Impossible".

Thumbs up for the great casting, action sequences, soundtrack and cinematography!
I liked the movie and I recommend you to watch it in a movie theater, as always... and maybe you'll join the bat-hype! Just beware of the Joker... :)

Why so serious?