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For what is a comic book story, with comic book characters and a comic book plot, this film felt totally realistic and the characters totally convincing (especially Ledgers’ Joker). Action-packed to the core, totally enthralling and emmersive - everything you could want from a Batman movie - without question the best yet by miles. It’s takes you to see The Dark Knight to understand what I mean by “flawless, but not perfect” - but still brilliant enough to sitting with a well deserved 5.
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I wasnt suggesting simplicity, rather that comics can be quite ridiculous and far-fetched, and the movie does well to tie the concepts down to a “serious” (no pun intended) film while still retaining the charm of the original ideas.
My point being that EVERY medium has the potential to be ridiculous and farfetched - comics are no more prone to this than anything else.
The vast majority of comics I read aren’t superhero related, but are still as valid representations of the medium. It is a bit odd that one genre has come to define a medium though.
It would be like mistakenly assuming that all music sounded like Meat-Loaf, or all movies were knockabout comedies starring Steve Martin.
Then by “comic-book”, I mean specifically the original Batman comics. Is that slightly more suitable?
I suppose so… sorry for being such a pedantic wee bitch. It’s just something that I genuinely care about.
That being said, when Batman first appeared in the 40s, he had no qualms about killing bad guys. With a gun.
What a dick.
Not at all - it’s what comment systems were made for!
i wish steve martin had a comic book.
