JD

September 8, 2008 7:01 pm @KreiderDesigns  you're not stupid at all, while I enjoyed it in spurts I too found myself wondering what was going on.  But, then again maybe I'm stupid, too... ;)

September 8, 2008 6:59 pm

Corrections to my last paragraph of the review... 

I gave art and story both a 3 - Good.  Far from perfect, and a hair away from "Very Good."  I do think most iFanboy's tend to grade a little too liberally.  Still, probably the most noteworthy book I read this week... hard to believe more folks picked Trinity over this.

September 8, 2008 6:57 pm

From the American Heritage Dictionary:

1. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.
2. A sudden sharp turn or twist.

'Cause, I think two serial killers (one already allegedly captured and subsequently deceased) meeting up in a nursing home years after their heydays is unpredictable, unaccountable, a sharp turn and a twist...

September 8, 2008 11:02 am

I bought it... I didn't understand it.  But, I bought it.

I really don't remember Tom Mandrake's art being as good as it was here. I was impressed with that aspect of it. 

July 28, 2008 3:28 pm Did this come out or did I just somehow miss it?

July 23, 2008 4:55 pm

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'd like more, outright detective work... not little bits and pieces.

...and it's not not nitpicking an outstanding film.  I'm making some critiques of an OK/good film.... IMHO.

I made a comment somewhere else that I didn't think this was a good superhero film, but it was a great supervillian film.  The less Batman we have in it, it seems that the better the film.

July 22, 2008 11:35 pm

@Jumping Jupiter:  saying Bats did detective work to get the Joker's location is a stretch.  He used a high tech toy and Fox to listen to cell phone calls to get the location.

July 22, 2008 12:23 am

Ok, I hate to spoil the gushing... and I was little guilty of it, too.  But, the more I think about what I saw a few days ago the more I'm growing a little tired of the rave reviews... it's a good flick, but it is still missing some things.

#1.  Batman is a detective.  There is very little detective work in the film.  Bats headed to China is not detective work... it's James Bond gadgetery.

#2.  It's too long... trim 15 minutes or so and it would sit better.

#3.  Sonic vision.  Lame.

#4.  Batman's voice, the costume and the car.  Hated it in Begins, still hate it.

#5.  No half of a purple suit for Two Face.

July 19, 2008 3:51 pm I also hate to admit, that the whole Harvey the White Knight and Batman that Dark Knight thing didn't click until after the film.

July 19, 2008 3:38 pm

I hated Batman Begins at first, and while it has grown on me some... I'm still not a fan.

That being said, The Dark Knight almost lived up to the hype.  It got close enough.  It's still not the best comic movie made in my opinion, it definitely created a comic book world to be envied by any other film maker.  Without the silly nuances of the origins of Batman and the Joker to contend with, we were able to go on a pretty wild ride.  Heather Ledger owned the Joker, although I did expect some things to go a little further over the top.  Christian Bale still just doesn't click for me as Batman or as Bruce Wayne.  Gary Oldman's Gordon is perfect, I can live with Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenall was miscast but it didn't intrude too much... and Aaron Eckhart.  I really wanted to like Eckhart's Dent... but, in the end he just didn't seem sympathetic or crazy enough to really care anough what happened to him... Batman's sonor vision was terrible, I wish they'd have found a better way.  Loved the guy discovering Batman's identity and the Joker offering the money to kill the guy.... that whole thing was wonderfully perverse and made moments like that in the film that much more worthwhile.

I was surprised the Joker lived, but saddened that we don't have Heath Ledger to wear the make up again.  That's the biggest disappointment...  to see what he could've done with character after he escapes Arkham two or three movies from now.

Despite my critiques, this is the best flick I can remember seeing this year.  It was pretty damned good... far from perfect, but still top notch - I wish they could've found about 15 minutes to shave from it to make it a tighter, tenser flick.