The Dark Knight

[daddytodd]

Saw it om IMAX this afternoon. It was good, but IMHO not great. It was well plotted, and paced at a breakneck speed that defies boredom, but the pieces don't really hold together as a... what's the word? Oh yeah, STORY.

But as I seem to be the last guy on the planet who judges movies on their narrative, you should probably ignore me.

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What was wrong with the Story

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

Well, there wasn't one, as far as I could tell -- "A lot of stuff happens" isn't the same thing as "A story."

A narrative needs a beginning, a middle and an end, and needs to tell us something about life.

This movie was just chaos. It was like 2 1/2 hours carved out of someone's gaming session. Oh sure, the "player" (Bruce/Batman) won a lot of battles, didn't get greased, and moved up several levels... but it wasn't a story.

Go watch "Memento" and see if that's any more satisfying than "The Dark Knight." Same writer/director, but "Memento" was a better film (IMHO) because, once you take its pieces apart and reassemble the story, there WAS a story. You understand WHY people do stuff, not just watch them do random stuff for no discernible reason.

Re: What was wrong with the Story

[deafguy.livejournal.com]

Oops... I meant to reply to your comment directly, but I accidentally wrote a new comment. I apologize.