Christian Bale is a hunk, Heath Ledger deserves an Oscar nod

Posted by Movie_Maven

July 23, 2008 |

I saw “The Dark Knight” last night, and wow…..I have to say I loved it!

First of all, I am a huge fan of Christopher Nolan, and his script doesn’t disappoint one bit. Albeit a bit long (2.5 hours) his characteristic trademark of interspersed humor in a largely dark story was great.

Heath Ledger was fabulous. If Johnny Depp can amass Oscar nominations for “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Sweeney Todd”, then Ledger’s Joker is beyond worthy. What a tragedy for this planet to have lost such a gifted young actor. His mannerisms and speech throughout the movie were fantastic (although I did notice he sounded an awful lot like Christopher Lloyd in some scenes.) Besides, having been tragically overlooked by the Academy for “Brokeback Mountain”, Ledger is, indeed, due.

Now on to Christian Bale….my stud du jour. OMG, what a gorgeous hunk!! And he seems to get better with age. While, as an actor, I have always been a huge fan of his, from “Empire of the Sun” to “American Psycho” to “3:10 to Yuma” (with my recently dethroned stud du jour Russell Crowe) to “The Machinist” to the “Batman” films, it is always nice (for me anyway) to enjoy a bit of eye candy while engrossed in a movie.

I am further glad that Katie Holmes (who, in my opinion, can’t act her way out of a paper bag) was replaced by the superlatively talented Maggie Gyllenhaal. Rounding out the stellar cast: Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are always a pleasure to watch, Aaron Eckhardt was more than capable, and Eric Roberts was his usual, cast-to-type bad guy.

One caveat: remember the running time of the movie when ordering a drink.

And finally, this movie is not suitable for young children. If you don’t believe me, read one of the myriad movie reviews out in cyberspace which attest to this.

I leave you now with some fab pix of Mr. Bale….

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Cheez on July 23, 2008 12:50 am
Gee, THANKS mom. I wanted to see it too!! I loved Heath in The Brothers Grimm so I’m sure he’s great in The Dark Knight too. Christian is cute but he’s too young for you and you both are married.

Chow!