I'm interested by the influx of recent superhero movies. I wonder if it's reflective of America's or the world's consciousness; if, being so disappointed with Bush, the war, et cetera we feel like we need a superhero? That we're helpless?
First off, Iron Man was fucking fantastic. I spent the ENTIRE MOVIE going "OMG SO COOL". I love robots. Mara, Kelly, we are so going to (re-)see that shit.
( FFVII fans? )Next up is, of course, The Dark Knight. The movie, and Heath Ledger especially, totally lived up to the hype. I might still choose Batman Begins over this one to watch on a Saturday night, if simply because The Dark Knight felt like being hit in the heart and the head the whole way through (in the best possible way). Ledger's Joker was above and beyond Nicholson's in every way. His jokes, rather than being corny-scary or vaguely annoying, just made him all the more terrifying. I feel so much more depressed about Heath's death now. All the news sources say it was accidental, but he took like 6 different kinds of pain and sleep pills... it sounds like suicide to me. What does everybody else think?
( spoilers here )I want to go see this again too, like, ASAP. Like right now.