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The Dark Knight clocks in
I couldn't agree more with Duncan Shepherd's review of the Dark Knight...except maybe that it didn't go far enough. I was unfortunate enough to have watched this mess in an IMAX theatre and the editing of the fight sequences was so hectic that it was impossible to tell who was hitting and who was being hit. The movie was at least an hour too long and the dialogue often merely hilarious instead of (I would assume the intended effect) portentous. The first site of the reconstructed D.A. in the final scenes elicited a laugh from everyone in the theatre (surely NOT the intended effect) as the resemblance to the mummy in the Brendan Frasier series was undeniable (same makeup artist perhaps?). I counted 13 IMAX resolution inserts in the film some as brief as 10 seconds and they didn't help any aspect (pun?) of the film by their presence. Duncan continues to be the most literate and intelligent reviewer of current cinema of any critic since Pauline Kael (only perhaps less given to touting the qualities of his favorite directors than Pauline was - her only serious failing in the critical regard). Keep up the GREAT work Duncan! (even though you don't need my cheer to accomplish that!)— July 26, 2008 10:50 a.m.