The Dark Knight

Gotham City, the fictional corrupted and seemingly decayed city where lived the ever so famous, Batman. Little did I know, this place does exist. It's actually small village in Nottinghamshire, England but of course, this City is not based on that village.

Anyways, I only remember the 1989's Batman, directed by Tim Burton – that was the one and only Batman which I ever like. The following Batman movies such as Batman Forever and Batman & Robin were a total failure. Bad casting and plots, the whole movie can just be thrown into the dump.

Well, Batman movies/stories are supposed to be dark and it is only right to have Tim Burton in the team. I supposed audience would like to watch something as original and wonderful as what Tim Burton would have to give (I just love Tim Burton's creations).

There are 3 factors on why you should give this movie a try (despite the lousy ones put on the big screen recently)

Joker

In Batman (1989), the Joker was portrayed to perfection by Jack Nicholson (right)…I mean…who can ever send the same shivers down your spine with his wickedly hilarious laughter? In here, he is totally insane and out of control. Besides, he is also much more comical and animated than the newly casted Joker (Heath Ledger). You can see that he is kinda 'cute' at certain angle. It's like a child (at least I'm not when I watched it. It doesn't give me nightmares) will not be frightened by this Joker because of the humour he injected in him. You'll only have to be afraid when you anger him.

In contrast, Heath Ledger's (left) Joker is much darker and serious (though less insane) …I must say…way better. Now, this must be the credits of the actor. You must really re-play the scenes where he licks his lips at intervals. Oh boy…he did a fantastic job of not imitating Nicholson and has been very very originally creative! How can you not love this actor? I came to know about this actor when he was co-starring with Julia Stiles in '10 Things I Hate About You' which I really really adore. Yea, I know…a teen flick but I was a teen back then. Haha…

p/s: I love heath ledger's Joker!!!

Wayne, Bruce

On the other hand, Michael Keaton ain't that outstanding in

his role. I still remember the impression that I had on him when I watched his first Batman role was – he's a super miang (perverted) guy. His eyes just give you the feeling that he is stripping you naked with his gaze; in a l

ess than tasteful manner. No, really! I felt like giving him a slap when he's in that batman suit. In contrast, Christian Bale;without any efforts, gives me a much better notion. So, I think it must have been the face. Michael Keaton just doesn't exude the Batman aura.

Besides, given the good storyline, Wayne's character is more natural and real this time round. Here, we can feel the emotionally alone Bruce Wayne who can be as helpless and human as a Gotham citizen and yet, he has to be the one flesh and blood hero to once again save Gotham City despite being accused and judged by critiques.

Batmobile

Batman = Human

Human = Walks = Confined to the Law of Gravity

Walks = Difficult without a Reliable Vehicle.

Superman = Fly + Laser eye + Super Strength

Spiderman = Web Threads + Use of chemicals

X-Men = Supernatural powers

Hancock = (>.<;;)

So that's why, Batman always come with his own Batmobile. We can't have him taking cabs or runs to his destinations can't we? LOL…

The most interesting fact about Batmobile is that it is a real car. It is not a computer-generated graphical car but a metal-framed car which is capable of making sharp turns and jumps. Yes…jumps. The brilliant building crew of batmobile prepared one plastic toy car 'prototype' for the car before moving on to a Styrofoam version. After that would be a wooden block model before it finally can take form in metal frames. It took millions to built one batmobile but it doesn't matter. The whole Batman movie team is earning. It is no doubt a cumbersome project that took 9 months to complete just the car and another 6 months to train the batmobile driver but I guess a movie with that much of an input is definitely scoring a lot of brownie points and worth a watch.

Not only that, another beauty of the mobile is that building crew took it as their main responsibility for the filming of the car to be as realistic as possible by constructing another miniature race car for the interior scenes shooting. Amazing huh? I'd really love to test drive the car someday (test-drive in b u n n y 's dictionary means sitting in the passenger's seat and test-drive with a pro-driver)

But those are not exactly the ultimate reason to watch this movie (with the exception of experiencing the professional acting skills of Heath Ledger), one should go for this movie because of the themes found. Themes on human nature and corruption, and how the whole Gotham City can be related to the world.

When I was watching the show, every scene reminded me of my home country (yes, let's not talk about the neighboring countries or such. Ours is already a very good example). IN the imaginary city, the police force and its politicians are corrupted, sure, but why? It's due to human nature. How often is it not because of our nature which made us prone to greed and evilness. But, the magical part of this so-called nature is also very ironic. For instance, in the boat scene where the Joker threatened the civilians and criminals alike to blow up each other and yet, they did not do so – for one, they do not believe that it is justified for them to kill another similar being regardless of what their sins are.

At the same time, I also felt that Batman is like a 'mother' to the children of the city. They badly needed a role model and to be disciplined. However, somehow it doesn't change them into a better person because deep down to their core of characters, they are reluctant to make a change. That is also why, 'Mother' Batman will always be there for children of Gotham; when they needed a good spank but doesn't mind if they blame him for the harsh means of disciplinary actions because he knows what's best for them.

Ahhh…the best Batman movie of all…