various open letters about the Dark Knight

[zenithblue]

Dear Jennifer Dawn Graham:
I made this for you. Yes, you. See, it says on the bow. Happy birthday.
Love,
Christopher Nolan

Dear Heath:
I don't want to sound selfish, but I will never forgive you for dying so young.  Not just because there will be no way for anyone to follow your Joker, ever, but also because you were one of the most talented people in my generation. I hope you are doing well wherever you are.
Love,
zb

Dear Aaron:
Bad. Ass.
Love,
zb

To Christian:
I knew you were destined for greatness the moment I heard you singing "Santa Fe."  And no, I'll never let you forget it.
xoxo,
zb

Comments

[fannishly.livejournal.com]

I saw it yesterday! It was AWESOME!

[alecaustin.livejournal.com]

That was so the movie that I wanted to see.

Anyone who says Nicholson was a better Joker are teh nutzors.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I mean, Nicholson was pretty fun for the context of Burton's movie, but it wasn't anything as good as this.

[goselam.livejournal.com]

Jack Nicholson's Joker was just Jack Nicholson in clown makeup.

Heath Ledger was totally unrecognizable as himself. The clown makeup helped, but it still takes talent for an actor (especially a well-known one) to transform himself so completely.

[punkybrister69.livejournal.com]

Tell me Maggie is hot in it.... she's got to be way hot, right?
Still have to see this one.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

Woman, have you seen a movie in which Maggie was not hot?

She was great. The role wasn't exactly a scene-stealer, but she did the job, and she had a brittle charm Katie Holmes entirely lacked.

[helpimarock.livejournal.com]

Newsies? What, no Empire of the Sun love?

I wish I wasn't such a movie burn-out, I normally live for seeing movies like The Dark Knight in the theater.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

If you have any juice to get to the theater I recommend it. It is totally worth a big-screen view.

[goselam.livejournal.com]

Ledger's Joker was excellent. I especially liked the fact that his theme was just a single, discordant note stretched out for an uncomfortably long time.

I'm interested to see which villains Nolan uses in the next film. There's no way he can make Mr. Freeze or Poison Ivy fit into the "realistic" milieu he's working in -- I'm guessing it'll be the Riddler. I doubt it'll be Catwoman, because even though she'd fit the setting, I don't think she'd work well with the themes these films have been exploring. She's just a jewel thief, not an embodied psychosis.

[zenithblue.livejournal.com]

I agree...though I think he might be able to manage a compelling Catwoman. I've heard Riddler bandied about a bit which would be fine but he's not my fave. It's too bad Poison Ivy is so expressly supernatural, because she would work as a psychosis better than Catwoman.

[te-amo-azul.livejournal.com]

Ji ji ji. Writing squinting to avoid advance information about this awesome flickness awaiting me! Planning to journey to the depths of Tigard for the IMAX ultra-geek hit. Will report back. Hugs.