Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:00PM6 comments ›
Mon Aug 11, 2008 — by Van Jensen
The Funniest 'Dark Knight' Review You'll Read
TV writer Ken Levine (reluctantly) visits Gotham
This is probably the tardiest and possibly the funniest review of The Dark Knight you'll see, as TV writer Ken Levine writes on his blog about how much it must suck to live in Gotham City.
Jesus! You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting six mob bosses. And then there’s the town’s super psycho villain – they couldn’t find someone a little more aesthetically pleasing? Children watch those televised truck chases too, y’know. And Juneau appears to have more daytime in the winter than Gotham City. Does it get dark everyday at noon?...
Quick aside: Wouldn’t you love to see AMERICAN IDOL open auditions in Gotham City? Paula would be mistaken for the Joker.
I used to think the Joker was a brilliant mastermind until I realized a number of his fiendish plots were a direct lift from SAW.
DARK KNIGHT was a fun ride and Heath Ledger steals the movie (and everything else). But is it just me? I’m reaching the superhero saturation point. I’ve sympathized enough with tortured reluctant caped crusaders. And these movies all seem to turn on the heroes’ inability to kill the mass murderer psychopath villain because of some “code”. That doesn’t seem real. Oh… wait. We’re talking about guys who wear spandex suits and can fly – strike that last objection.
That's all good and fun, but then there's the following, which is a worrisome note about superhero movies wearing out their welcome.
DARK KNIGHT is worth seeing but please Hollywood, no more comic books. The only character left is Bazooka Joe.
It's just one opinion (well, that and some commenters), but it's worth considering that these projects are hitting a saturation point and the average (non comics fan) viewer is getting tired of it.
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Comments (6)
Vinnie Bartilucci (1:36 PM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
Yeah, and let's not have any more Science-fiction films, or comedies. Or films with British people in them. God, I'm sick of those.
Does anyone but me see films nowadays and thing "Oh, I wonder what Libby Gelman-Waxner would think of this"? (Libby was the pseudonym Paul Rudnick used when writing reviews for Premiere Magazine back in the day) There hasn't been a funnier reviewer that made the review more about themselves before or since.
John Ostrander (1:54 PM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
I wouldn't worry about comic book movies passing too soon. Not with the grosses for THE DARK KNIGHT and comics based films in general this summer. We're talking over a BILLION in revenue. If there's one thing H'weird does, it's follow the money. Imitation is the sincerest form of Hollywood. it's a nice bit of posturing on the part of Mr. Levine but the audience is talking with their wallets and THE DARK KNIGHT is #1 for the fourth week in a row.
That said, I sure wish someone would make that GRIMJACK movie sooner than later.
cj (4:26 PM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
Ah, but 441 million dollars suggests otherwise!
Tom Fitzpatrick (6:09 AM on Tue Aug 12, 2008)
How about a "Munden's Bar" movie?
That might fly?
George Haberberger (10:08 AM on Tue Aug 12, 2008)
I've been worried that the public's taste for super-hero movies would reach the saturation point just before the Watchmen movie premiers. I think that reviewers will be waiting to pile on this movie simply because it is so complex. No one who hasn't read the story will have the desire to try to understand it. 1985? Nixon's still president? Alternate reality? Big blue naked guy? Movie reviewers just don't have the kind of willingness necessary to follow an intricate plot. There's a radio personality here in St. Louis who couldn't follow the plot of The Dark Knight.
Robyn Hawk (1:41 PM on Mon Aug 11, 2008)
OK - I have to agree - that is hilarious! But in response to the question of over-saturation...NEVER! I am not a comic fiend - but I AM a Batman Junkie (could be the name - all I ever heard growing up was - "Hey Robin, where's Batman?"). I think that as the economic situation and the political unrest gets worse we NEED super heroes!
Remember - in every time of war the comics came to the rescue Captain America and Superman both fought Hitler! It is a coping mechanism!
Robyn Hawk