 oaxaca political graffiti – foto by smith saw Batman: the Dark Knight tonight. it is dark. very dark. and bleak. and brutal. and brilliant insistent hostile aggressive with none but the nastiest dark sides of humor and it never lets up. don’t think i like it but i certainly did enjoy it and do respect it. Heath Ledger as The Joker is truly off in his own world, moving speaking thinking in discontinuous fragments. his was a brilliant final performance – as great as Jack Nicholson’s Joker was, this is superior. Batman sacrifices his happy human future and takes the city’s suffering upon himself–in essence becoming Bat Christ–while The Joker claims to be an Agent of Chaos (thus becoming my under skin brother). good metaphoric ending after a continuous montage of movement violence explosions chases fist-fights gun-fights car-fights helicopter-fights and of course they all crash and break and explode. i like it more now than while watching it because i’m away from its incessant pace and can more appreciate the metaphor. there wasn’t much in-between in the film, no down time or plot set-up time. pretty much razzle dazzle hip hop and gone, with a lot of sick slick slipped in. well acted and a perfect metaphor for our violent murderous times. the darkest “hero” movie i’ve seen. definitely its own creature.  oaxaca street art – foto by smith |