Movie review: The Dark Knight

So I've survived my first ever midnight showing of a movie. But when the movie in question was The Dark Knight, I really didn't have a choice in the matter. We were going to see it as soon as was humanly possible. :)

And as it turns out, it was a great decision. It's a wonderful fabulous movie, and I'm not just saying that because I love Christian Bale. It's dark, it's gritty, it's based loosely on comic books--basically I love everything about this movie. :)

I will warn folks that it's violent, a little scary in places, and there are more than a few moments that might leave you going "wait, I thought ..." The last part is only an issue if you've followed the Batman storyline in the comics at all. Though Jerome tells me that they diverge from that storyline even more than I thought they were. :)

And Heath Ledger? Spot on as Joker. He doesn't try to channel Jack Nicholson, he made the Joker his own. And he's MUCH scarier than Jack Nicholson's Joker could have ever been. Remember, dark and gritty. So for everywhere that the Michael Keaton Batman was campy and funny, The Dark Knight is realistic and creepy.

As an aside, having lived in Illinois for 9 years, I LOVED what they did with the "Gotham" license plates. You only really see them in the opening scenes, so keep an eye out for them. I couldn't really spot anything that screamed Chicago to me other than the plates, but that may be because I don't like Chicago at all... but I'm like 90% sure they filmed quite a bit there.

No End of the Work Week Wisdom this week. Too many good quotes from the movie, but I can't remember most of the ones that weren't in the previews. :)

(Also, speaking of previews, Terminator Salvation and Watchmen. Christian Bale in the former as an adult John Connor; tons of confusion but prettiness in the latter. :) )

Whee! :)

So through bizarreness, I ended up with a new-to-me phone and new earbuds last night. Jerome has joined the ranks of the iPhone masses, though luckily he didn't have to wait in line for a bijillion hours for a 3G. :) I will hopefully be joining the iPhone masses in February, when our old cell phone contract is up.

In the meantime, though, I took Jerome's old phone, because it's about 2 years newer than the phone I'd been using. Still getting used to all the weirdness of switching phones, and I think my fingers nearly fell off from moving my contacts from my old phone to this one. :) I still have my old phone for 6 more months, of course, but at this point, it's not worth it to cancel our old contract. So 6 more months of an Illinois number, and then I'll get a new Washington number. w00t! :)

And as for the earbuds, I got a pair of the shiny Apple earbuds, the kind that go into your ear. At first, it reminded me of the sensation of a doctor looking in your ears with that magnifying tool thingie. Then I turned my iPod on, and it was like the music was being beamed straight into my brain. I love it. :) Anything that allows me to ignore inane conversations around me on the bus makes me the happiest girl ever. :)

In other news, we're seeing The Dark Knight at 12:01 tomorrow morning, because we are those freaks. This will actually be the first time I've ever done the 12:01 movie thing, believe it or not. I'm napping when I get home from work, and already told them I will be late tomorrow. :) And, because we REALLY are those freaks, we've also got tickets to see it at Cinerama on Saturday night (Friday was already sold out). That movie had better not suck... :)