Review: The Dark Knight

If Batman Begins represented a step or several forward from the superhero movies that came before, so does The Dark Knight represent another leap. The Dark Knight retains all that I loved about its predecessor – note-perfect acting[1], solid writing, gorgeous cinematography and art direction – and adds several new flavors to its casserole [...]

Review: Batman Begins

One thought kept bouncing through my head over and over as I watched Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan’s magnificent reconceptualizaion of the Batman mythos:

“They get it.”

Director Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) and co-screenwriter David Goyer understand that audiences don’t want to see the primary-color pap of Joel Schumacher’s last two Batman travesties. We don’t want superhero movies [...]