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[Review] Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice

The movie begins with the flashback of Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) of his childhood when his parents were brutally murdered in Gotham, which finally transform this young kid to become the Dark Knight. And then it's been almost two years since the Superman's colossal battle with General Zod devastated the city of Metropolis which lead to the loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fighting billionaire Bruce Wayne. That is how Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice started off. The 152 minutes movie showing Batman/Bruce Wayne who somehow has some of the vision of the future that Superman is a threat to mankind intend to end his reign on Earth started to study Superman or Kryptonians. And then, the conniving Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) who is also started his crusade against the Man of Steel. Finally, we have the battle of all time, Son of Krypton vs the Bat of Gotham, and with his study, the Dark Knight has the upper h...

WHY SO SERIOUS...about Dark Knight?

Today it was revealed by Variety that The Dark Knight will rank up $900 million over the weekend worldwide. A lot of people have really praised this movie for it's clever writing and Heath Ledger's performance.. But it seems to me it may be more than just his performance that got people into theaters. I also think that it may not have much to do with the script either. The Dark Knights success I think was driven mostly by people who were curious to see Heath Ledgers "final performance". This was also fueled by people "in the know" who said his portrayl of Joker was Oscar worthy. Which I would say is a bit much. But is there something more to this? I mean were we already expecting Heath to give a stellar performance and whether or not he did.. Were people simply caught up in a crazy mass of agreement that no one could ever have given a better performance? I tend to think people were. Most fans who have seen this movie have seen it multiple times and for some...

The Dark Knight

Watched The Dark Knight 2 weeks ago. I would say I'd give it 5-star rating. In fact, the movie is the best I watched so far this year. The movie was very long though, about 2 hour and 30 minutes, but I was able to stay awake throughout the movie though I was a bit tired. The soundtrack was amazing and give me the feeling of this is the sequel to Batman Begins. Christian Bale really did a good job reprising his role as Batman, and the late Heath Ledger got it right as Joker. The movie focuses more on Joker trying to turn good guys to bad and finally bringing down Harvey Dent - the DA, who has the mission for justice. If you notice the DA's name, you would know that Harvey Dent is the Two-Face and now I know why the Two-Face has the tendency to flip his coin - fair and because the coin was the coin that he gave to Rachel. The Joker, was terrifying and share his characteristic with classic villains such as Hannibal Lechter. Famous quote from the Joker - "Why so serious?"...