<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale @ Jul 18 2008, 11:42 PM)
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<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have this Theatre class where I have to see some plays throughout the summer; so tonight I went to one and before the show, the Director came out and started "dissing" The Dark Knight. In fairness to TDK, he sounded jealous that newspapers over here care more about blockbusters than classic live theatre...
I haven't had the pleasure of watching TDK movie yet, as I am occupied this evening, but this man said it was "mediocre" and only highly touted because it had elaborate action scenes and popular characters.
Thoughts? How would you retort this? Obviously this grumpy guy doesn't buy into any deep intrinsic value as far as the plot is concerned.</div>
I'd tell your director he needs to quit being a "hater" and admit that it was cinema at it's finest. The psychology of the movie wasn't just aimed at Batman and the Joker. Nolan's script was so brilliant that he managed to engage the psychology of society at large. That psychology is most evident during the final section of the movie, but there are threads of it through the entire movie. I can't wait until it's release on DVD because I think repeated viewings will show that this story was incredibly layered. Yes, the action sequences were elaborate and big, but they needed to be for this story, so that all of Gotham would be engaged in this movie. There was no fat in this movie.
Nolan didn't just throw in characters to throw in characters. The relationship between Batman/Joker/Harvey Dent is crucial to the morality play. In fact, there really were no wasted characters or relationships in this movie.
Another reason for the success of this series of Batman films is they hired big named actors that have made their name for their acting rather than just being lucky enough to find celebrity. If your director can't appreciate the acting of Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldham, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman, then he's just jealous. Those guys tore the house down in this film.
Seriously, it sounds like your director got his panties in a wad because Nolan and company achieved greatness with comic book characters that excedes, by far, anything that he has accomplished with so-called serious theater. It's his loss.
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Yeah that sounds like a completely legitimate response. To me it came off as he just can't believe a comic book movie could be such a "masterpiece".
Hopefully I can see this movie soon and agree with you.