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Brokeback Batman
August 18th, 2008
I finally saw The Dark Knight this weekend. My mind was a teeny bit foggy due to a sinus infection and various pharmaceuticals, but lucky for me, it’s not really the kind of film you have to strain your brain to enjoy.
Besides, with a cast like this, what’s not to love?
Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman infuse style and personality into what could easily be caricature sidekick roles; Gary Oldman lends acting gravitas to Commissioner Gordon; Madame Gyllenhaal gives class and intelligence to “the Girl” part, and of course the drool-worthy Christian Bale makes this Batman the first one truly worth watching.
And then there is Heath Ledger.
Yes, his performance is inspired, hypnotically so. Which is why I walked out of that movie sad, as sad as I was when River Phoenix, another “best of his generation” actor, died with a gut full of drugs.
I know acting is just an art, and actors are not agents of world peace. Still, if you appreciate that kind of art, it’s always a tragedy when one of its most gifted goes too soon into the dark night.
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