WOW, and I don’t mean the game.
Can I say wow again? I just got home from watching ‘The Dark Knight‘. I have to give you some background at this point. When I was about 12 or 13 my father introduced me to the comic books that he was reading, which happened to be Ironman and Superman. I quickly found that I liked other characters.
I landed squarely on Batman and I hit that spot hard. I became a huge fan and started reading every Batman comic book printed every month. He became an ideal, a dream, and Hero. In some ways, I grew up with him.
I was very critical of the 4 Batman movies made with Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney. None of them lived up to the Dark Knight of the comics. Michael Keaton came close with his grim approach and so they are okay. The last 2 don’t exist – at all.
Batman Begins was a great start and addition to the Batman of my youth. The Dark Knight continues that story and really shows the non-fanboy the true face of Joker. No offense to Jack Nicholson; but he just wasn’t it. My wife was creaped out by Heath Ledger’s performance. I have to say that I was very impressed.
I give it 5 Stars.
iron wil
p.s. Batman: Gotham Knight, you need it.
p.p.s. – one of my poems.
