The Hero Gotham Needs
Fagistan Aug 25 08I may well be the last human being in North America to see The Dark Knight. It's strange, because it's a movie I've been looking forward to since the credits started rolling on Batman Begins. But somewhere between huge, surging, sweaty opening weekend masses and my usual apathy towards, well, everything, I almost forgot the movie even existed.It's a wonderful film, at least in part because it occludes the very subject it's allegedly about. Was Batman even in this movie? I mean, other than as a some dude hang-gliding through the city and catching bad guys? Even Michael Caine's Alfred seemed a more solid, real presence in the film. Full story...
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