[POSSIBLY very, very minor spoilers here if you are a movie puritan.]
Umm. I'm still digesting.
Strangely, I was nearly as tense the second time around, and time passed equally fast as the first time I saw it (review here). I could take more time to enjoy the performances, especially that of Heath Ledger's. That Joker is a sick mofo, but entrancing as hell.
"Do you wanna know how I got these scars?"
Here's a link to a discussion of the little "social experiment" the Joker conducts in the film. There's a lot there to dissect and chew on, and even more to put in the fridge for later. The link is a spoiler, so only click over if you've seen the movie.
And the film is doing VERY well in South Korea, where word-of-mouth means everything. A 9.5 rating by netizens, too. I think Batman (and copies of the first film, Batman Begins) will be undergoing a real renaissance here, now that the public has finally been exposed to the true, darker version of Batman that defines the original from the 40's and the brilliant restart Frank Miller gave him in the 80's.
I will be seeing this film a third time.
That Joker is just so crazy he's hilarious. In that wincing, peek-between-your-fingers sort of way.
"Why so serious?"
Hahahahahahaha.....
