Gold was struck with the winning formula that is Batman Begins (2005) and the film makers were all too aware of it. For the sequel The Dark Knight, they proceeded to carefully build on and deepen the skilfully carved Batman niche to come up with a cerebral superhero movie.
Sitting in the theatre watching the movie unfold, that was my impression, which can be summed up into one word: Wow.
Heath Ledger's (RIP) The Joker ranks right up there with Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal. Strong storytelling ensures that everything makes sense in a world that includes Gotham City on the map. A tad overlong, which I blame on the Two-Face side plot, but that's not really a complaint.
(Running time: 152 minutes)
Sunday 20 July 2008
Monday 7 July 2008
So I saw 'The Incredible Hulk'
It's set in comic world and it abides by the natural laws governing comic world. From that perspective the movie worked for me.
It isn't an improvement to the 2003 Hulk effort, however.
The reason is, I think, firstly the Hulk himself. As a kid, the tv series Hulk used to scare the crap out of me, so much so I was too scared to have a poster of him in full Hulk raging mode in my bedroom. Not so with movie Hulk. True, we're talking about 20+ years later on, but still.
The CGI-ed movie Hulk is too sterile, too polished. Even though he's the star, you can't relate to him. In the tv series, scary to me as he was then, the Hulk came across rather as a social misfit, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, a person misunderstood. My question is, would a human Hulk have done a better job than the CGI Hulk?
I'm comparing movie Hulk to tv Hulk; I'm not familiar with comic book Hulk. Perhaps movie Hulk was more faithful to comic book Hulk.
Overall, it wasn't too bad, and I particularly liked the amazing shot of the shanty town in Brazil. Wow.
(Running time: 112 minutes)
It isn't an improvement to the 2003 Hulk effort, however.
The reason is, I think, firstly the Hulk himself. As a kid, the tv series Hulk used to scare the crap out of me, so much so I was too scared to have a poster of him in full Hulk raging mode in my bedroom. Not so with movie Hulk. True, we're talking about 20+ years later on, but still.
The CGI-ed movie Hulk is too sterile, too polished. Even though he's the star, you can't relate to him. In the tv series, scary to me as he was then, the Hulk came across rather as a social misfit, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, a person misunderstood. My question is, would a human Hulk have done a better job than the CGI Hulk?
I'm comparing movie Hulk to tv Hulk; I'm not familiar with comic book Hulk. Perhaps movie Hulk was more faithful to comic book Hulk.
Overall, it wasn't too bad, and I particularly liked the amazing shot of the shanty town in Brazil. Wow.
(Running time: 112 minutes)
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