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'Dark Knight' Watch: Raves from the Trades
Filed under: New Releases », Warner Brothers », Fandom », Newsstand », Comic/Superhero/Geek »
A bunch of bloggers and Peter Travers have already weighed in with glowing early reviews of The Dark Knight, but you were justified if you reserved judgment. The bloggers who were fortunate enough to get a look at the film were pretty squarely in the geek demographic -- which is not any sort of indictment, but just an indicator that they had a very specific perspective on the film. And Peter Travers is... Well, he's Peter Travers. Now, though, come some reviews you shouldn't so readily ignore -- and they're gushy, (almost) unqualified raves. This from Kirk Honeycutt in the Hollywood Reporter: "[Nolan] builds movies around ideas and characters, and "Dark Knight" is no exception. The ideas here are not new to the movie world of cops and criminal[s], but in the context of a comic book movie, they ring out with startling clarity. In other words, you expect moralistic underpinnings in a Martin Scorsese movie; in a Batman movie, they hit home with renewed vigor . . . . With the film's race-car pace, noise levels, throbbing music and density of stratagems, no one will follow all the plot points at first glance. Not that the story with its double crosses and ingenious plans isn't clear, but to enjoy the full glory of these urban battlefield strategies, multiple viewings are required."
Whoo! And then this from Justin Chang in Variety:
Blurbs and Bad Behavior: eFilmCritic.com Watches the Critics
Filed under: Theatrical Reviews », Critical Thought », Movie Marketing », Review Roundup »
When Erik Childress over at eFilmCritic.com prepares a new
"CriticWatch" feature, as he does on a regular basis, well, it"s like Christmas comes early for movie
lovers. Well, happy holidays, because Childress has prepared a scathing report on the first part of 2006. Not content to merely go after
obvious targets like Earl Dittman (what is Wireless Magazine, anyhow?) and Jeffrey Lyons, Childress also has
an eye on up-and-coming contenders in the stable of "critics" who, it seems, will give a rave to the film on
your frickin" teeth -- like Maxim"s Peter Hammond (pictured at right) and Shawn
Edwards of Fox"s Kansas City affiliate WDAF. Chock full of number-crunching,
great research and the dedicated sifting through dead cliches we"ve come to expect from Childress and the
CriticWatch crew, it"s the must-read of the week. Are there any egregious offenders you especially hate, readers
-- or do you actually care about the credentials of the people whose bold-faced praise flies out of every TV commercial
and print ad?
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