Critics� Comments On The Dark Knight
September 23rd, 2008 | by admin |<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Arial”,”sans-serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Peter Travers remarks on how the movie The dark knight is unlike traditional comic book movies and becomes an artistic film. Emanual Levy says that the movie is brilliant. He remarks that the characters are at the peak of their performances. David Denby reflects on how Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker upstages Bales performance of Batman. He calls Batman an uninteresting character, while The Joker is a frightening character. Dean Richards states that the movie is the best one of the year. Todd Gilchrist says that the movie, The Dark Knight hoes far outside the limits of a comic book superhero story. Film critic, David Edelstein, thinks that Ledger went a bit overboard to get into The Joker’s character –he thinks Ledger overworked himself.
