First Bad Review for Heath Ledger’s The Dark Knight

starmagazine.com — Ok Guys so we have a Winner Marshal Fine was the 1st person to give a negative Review for the Dark Knight a movie that other Critics are calling a Masterpiece. I would not be as upset if he gave a legitimate reasoning as to how he came to his conclusion but instead all he says is Its to Dark and not enough fun. So heres the Review You be the judge

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Star Magazine

What’s it about: Batman (Bale) must confront a new villain – the Joker (Ledger).Overreaching: Why do comic-book movies want to be serious literature? That’s the problem with this movie the same way it was with 2006’s “Superman Returns.” Instead of being exciting pop-culture entertainment that forces the viewer to take it seriously, the movie takes itself too seriously – and misses the fun in the process. Well, almost – the late Heath Ledger seems to be having a great time as the tongue-flicking, homicidal Joker, played as a mad dog with a sense of humor. Whenever Ledger is on the screen, even when the script tries to slow him down, he barrels through with more gleeful evil than you can imagine.
Meanwhile, Heath Ledger’s Family gives the movie a thumbs up.

Otherwise, this long (2-1/2 hours!!), overplotted movie never misses a chance to hammer home what a tortured hero Batman is. Bale plays him as though his boxers are too tight. And there’s far too much of straight-arrow District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckherdt) and not nearly enough of his transformation into the crazed Two-Face (one of the movie’s best visual effects). Though some of the action sequences will drop your jaw, there’s too much gab between chases and too many generic battles to keep the movie from grinding along instead of flying. A tip for the future: The best tragic heroes don’t spend the movie talking about their own tragedy.

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