'Knight' gives comic book films a bright future
Issue date: 7/22/08 Section: Arts & Leisure
The other truly remarkable aspect of the film is its score. Organized by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and Oscar-nominated composer James Newton Howard, the music truly makes the movie.
Compartmentalized to highlight the three key characters - Batman, Joker and Harvey Dent - each individual score adds either tension in the case of the Joker, aggression in the case of Batman or patriotism in the case of Dent. Combined into one set it stands as one of the best film scores ever recorded.
However, in the end, it's the film's message and the issues that it explores that truly make an impression. In any other comic book film you can leave your brain at the door, but not here. Just like the comic that gave the film its namesake, "The Dark Knight" mirrors society's problems, fears and hopes in an attempt to enlighten. Never preachy, but constantly thought-provoking, "Knight" stands head-and-shoulders above its predecessors for this fact alone.
While there's so much more than could be said about the film there's just not enough space to express how truly impressed and overjoyed I am that finally there is a superhero movie that can be both fantastically awe-inspiring and bitterly inward-looking.
If you've already seen the film, then you understand what I'm talking about. If you haven't seen the film, what are you waiting for?
Hyperbole be damned, "The Dark Knight" is the best experience you will have in a movie theater this year.
Compartmentalized to highlight the three key characters - Batman, Joker and Harvey Dent - each individual score adds either tension in the case of the Joker, aggression in the case of Batman or patriotism in the case of Dent. Combined into one set it stands as one of the best film scores ever recorded.
However, in the end, it's the film's message and the issues that it explores that truly make an impression. In any other comic book film you can leave your brain at the door, but not here. Just like the comic that gave the film its namesake, "The Dark Knight" mirrors society's problems, fears and hopes in an attempt to enlighten. Never preachy, but constantly thought-provoking, "Knight" stands head-and-shoulders above its predecessors for this fact alone.
While there's so much more than could be said about the film there's just not enough space to express how truly impressed and overjoyed I am that finally there is a superhero movie that can be both fantastically awe-inspiring and bitterly inward-looking.
If you've already seen the film, then you understand what I'm talking about. If you haven't seen the film, what are you waiting for?
Hyperbole be damned, "The Dark Knight" is the best experience you will have in a movie theater this year.
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