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Heath Ledger and TDK

August 4, 2008 in The Dark Knight with 0 Comments

Get Well, soon, Morgan Freeman.

Slash could not ever be part of the conversation, my colleagues at work, however, are definitely movie goers.

So we were talking about The Dark Knight at work and one of my colleagues hated it, hated it, hated it. Um, yeah. I got the point so I asked her why.

It was Heath Ledger’s interpretation of the Joker. She loves serial killer type movies and the fact that HL made the Joker more a serial killer made her upset. That was not how she saw the Joker. She prefers Jack Nicholson’s version.

I was cool with her assessment because you know, not everyone will enjoy HL version. But she went on to say that HL became too engrossed in creating the Joker and for that reason he committed suicide.

Woah, kill me already. I had to stay calm and said the man accidentally overdosed on prescription drugs. And can we please not talk about how he died. From what I read HL had the tendency to become very involved in his creations and isn’t that what good actors do.

We moved the conversation away from death to talk more about the movie. But this got me to wondering how many others out there may feel the same as she does about HL death, that he committed suicide.

Note: We did agree, when the Joker, dressed in a dress came out of the hospital. It was hilarious and more like the comical Joker we’re used to seeing.

The Dark Knight – No Spoilery

August 2, 2008 in The Dark Knight with 0 Comments

Personally, I take Maggie Gyllenhaal over Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes. I thought she did a good job with the part. Remember the rumor about Jake going for the Harvey Two Face Dent. Can you imagine the difficulties? *g*

There is a reason why I don’t do IMAX. It’s been quite awhile and I’d totally forgotten that I really, really, don’t like the experience. Felt claustrophobia for about 20 minutes as though the screen was pressing down on me.

Heath, wow, he did it again. Immersed himself in character and brought new meaning to the Joker.

I like Christian Bale as Batman, but I must admit Michael Keaton is still my top fav as Batman.

Now, I want to see the movie on a regular screen where I don’t have to do a half circle to the right or to the left in order to see the actions.

TDK

July 20, 2008 in The Dark Knight with 2 Comments

The reviews for The Dark Knight are awesome. I will be seeing this movie soon. Have to go back to D.C. Don’t want to, but it’s for business, not pleasure. In all fairness, called bro and asked him to go with me. Stinker. He was walking inside the theater to see TDK as we were speaking. Out on a date. I guess he deserves going out after the long and whiny breakup with his wife.

Even colleagues at work are interested in TDK. Woah! One of them called wanting to know more about this special award The Powers will be bestowing on Heath Ledger. I didn’t have a clue then, and still don’t. I try not searching the net while at work. Maybe someone on my Flist knows.

This I do know, TDK took in more than $155.0 million dollars and completely shattered American Box Office weekend record.

Go Heath! I hope you’re smiling down on us.