More Than a Hero

Well, folks, like a blow job on prom night it is all over way too soon. I've waited over a year for The Dark Knight and now it's all over. Sure, I'm destined to enjoy it a few hundred more times before I die, but nothing can compare seeing it for the first time. I read the sites, checked out the leaked footage and photos, did everything I possibly could to ruin the film. Even with all the plot points and spoilers I knew, The Dark Knight still shined. I loved this movie. Everyone will want to talk about Heath Ledger. Damnit, I want to, too. He was fucking awesome. The best villain I have ever seen, and I've seen Live Free or Die Hard. He was absolutely perfect. I am grateful that he lived long enough to complete this role. As a viewer, you just love watching the man on camera. I wanted him to be in every scene. On that note, Eckhart as Harvery Dent was brilliant. He played both sides of the pun-intended coin so well. I'm just glad that the Nolans had enough film smarts to make Two Face a crucial character and not a kill-off like Venom in Spider-Fuck 3 or any bad guy in a Brett Ratner assmockery. I cannot even call what that man makes films. The characters are so crucially woven in to the larger-than-one-man story that every decision is a domino effect, for better or worse. It's what we do that defines us. With The Dark Knight, the Nolans have brought to the table their visionary choice: to turn art into life.