It was a bank holiday in Ireland.
Already, the reviews of The Dark Knight were glowing. Already it was
box office gold, so on a visit to my In-Laws in Wexford, I decided to
go and see it. Wexford sports a wonderful new Omniplex cinema and now
has 6 Digital cinemas and popcorn galore. The first snafoo in my way
was although I thought I had booked tickets online, I hadn't so as my
wife queued up for popcorn I went to tell her the bad news- we didn't
have tickets and the show was sold out. However, the manager came over
to us and helped out and we got the last two. Many thanks! The only
problem with this was that we had to sit smack bang up-front and my
missus joked that we might as well be in the movie we were so close. As
for the movie itself; how good was it? Well, first things first. It's a
long movie; over two and a half-hours long. It felt very much like
Titanic. Never a dully momoment and it was packed with lots of amazing
stunts and great segways. The characters were all spot on because the
dialogue was so good. The first comment I'd make is that this movie is
'dark'. I'd be nervous to let my younger kids go see it because it can
be pretty brutal in parts so be warned it's a 15A movie and it really
lives up to this rating! It's not as bad as the 1980's. Most of the bad
language had been weaned out but the criminal intent of the characters
is there. Christian Bale is reliable and a bit wooden but hey he's
batman. Heath Ledger is awesome as the Joker and the movie is
determined to not follow a standard plot and breaks new ground for the
franchise. The movie never felt boring and I look forward to the next
one. Highly Recommended. Go see it... if you haven't already.
