The only thing is that overheated expectations played a cruel joke on the movie. I consciously went to see a masterpiece, and maybe because of this, my feelings were not as sharp as when I went to see Batman Begins, expecting to see a cheap product, but I saw a very strong movie.
But this does not diminish the merits of the new Batman.
Here’s the plot: Gotham is being terrorized by a new villain, the Joker (Heath Ledger), who is so illogical that he has decided to dictate his laws to both the justice system and the Gotham mafia. As a subtle psychologist, he realizes that Batman is his main opponent, so he incites everyone against Batman, and he actively creates chaos in Gotham to become the king of this chaos.
And at this time, the boss is in the castle…. That is, not even in the castle, but in a huge equipped basement, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) did not rebuild the family castle, but improved his basement in the area of the port docks)… At this time, Bruce is tormented by doubts. The idea of inspiring people to fight crime went in a completely different direction. Fake Batmen began to appear in the city, trying to administer justice without proper training.
However, Bruce is hopefully following the cases of the new District Attorney Harvey Dent. With his honest fight against crime, he can become the white knight of Gotham, and then Batman can retire.
But Harvey has one unconvincing trait: fatalism. He relies on a coin to make decisions (heads or tails).
Even the rivalry in the courtship of Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) does not prevent their mutual sympathy.
But the Joker has a plan to prevent Harvey Dent’s star from shining. And although he says he doesn’t make plans, in fact, his plans are very multi-passed and baffle the logic of common sense.
Will Batman be able to cope with the new villain?
Will Harvey Dent be able to survive untainted?
You will see the answer in the movie.
The acting is a solid 5. I’ll join the majority opinion that Heath Ledger as the Joker took over the entire acting blanket. He is a very demonic and illogical villain. It is very difficult to fight him within the framework of the law, and even within the framework of simple human morality.
After all, his motives are unclear, and if his motives are unclear, then there are practically no strings to pull. In this, the Joker has a great advantage over ordinary people.
Here, the Joker acts as a symbol. And if Batman is a symbol of goodness and justice, the Joker is a symbol of chaos and lawlessness, just as elusive and incomprehensible.
Other actors have provided the Joker with a very good base. Even Batman himself faded into the background. Everyone played well, but the roles were not very memorable.
