Why sso seeRrious?

Why so serious

This is the most amazing movie I've watched in recent months; the special effects were out of this world, the action scenes mind blowing, screenplay well crafted, the actors well suited (Rachel Dawes was an exception, I liked Katie Holmes more). 100% entertainment and paisa vasool. The Sunday 10 am show at Fun Cinemas, Sigma Mall, was packed, even with the bomb scare^[1]! I heard the guy from the box office yell out that only a couple of seats were left^[2].

Beware though, after watching this it will be difficult for you to like any other movie. Ok ok, I admit, thats exaggerated a bit.

It starts with the Joker and ends with him. There are very few movies where the title role, the supposed protagonist, is overshadowed by another character. Heath Ledger, may he rest in peace, has done full justice to the Joker.

The darting, slithering tongue (I thought I'd get tired of it, but ended up loving it); the evil, weird, insane laugh; oooohh, the word play, almost like a sword fight, with Batman; the insane, unflinching desire to have anarchy rein over Gotham; the taste for destruction; the disappearing pencil act; and more, make this the best Joker ever. Batman tries to drag the movie down with his brooding and contemplating mood swings, but Joker always lights up the screen with his wits and insane plots.

You have got to love the mobile inside the fat man. Neither the protectors of the law (police, the DA, batman, the judge) nor the law breakers (Maroni, Gambol (the black mob head), the Chechen, aforementioned fat man) never knew what the Joker is capable of. Neither did I. It was a delight to see the man unfold chaos with just a few killings. Enough about the Joker. Now go, watch the movie.

I have to add a note about the action sequences. They are grandiose. I could not help go wohooo, wooowww, oooh, yehhhh; when Batman lands on the roof of Scarecrows van, when he literally flies off with Lau, when the batbike emerges from the batmobile!, when makes the batbike do a vertical flip, when the 18 wheeler ^[3] overturns. There are more!

Michael Cain as Alfred, Aaron Eckhart^[4] as Harvey Dent and Two-face, Gary Oldman as Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucious Fox, all add the expected masala. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes was a bit disappointing, only because of her birth, that she is not Katie Holmes who played the part in the previous movie.


[1] This was the last Sunday, 27th of july. Bit late on the review as I was busy at work :-(
[2] The tickets were at half the prime time price ;-)
[3] I did not count them
[4] Was very good in Thank You For Smoking