I was looking for an old entry of what I said about a favorite movie, Batman Begins. I found it and all I said was, “and yeah batman begins enjoyed it very much”. Bwisit. Anyway, I recruited my younger brother to watch The Dark Knight with me tomorrow. It should be really good. What I loved about the first one was the dark atmosphere, right amount of special effects, detailed story and twists, good action and the scary villains. I say scary because they actually feel justified of what they plan to do, no remorse. I remember the old Batman movies and sometimes I would see them played in cable channels and…wala lang, pambata sila. And I almost forgot! I also love Batman Begins because of my favorite actor, papa Chris Bale. Love! hahaha. I’m definitely going to the movies tomorrow.

Edit: 7/22/08

Went and saw the The Dark Knight. And yea! It lived up to my expectations and more. I would watch it again just to pick up the details I missed - we were a minute or two late and about 2 hours into the movie my left contact lens fell off, imagine watching a movie with only one good eye. I should really go get my eyes checked and replace my lenses and get glasses. Anyway, let’s see if I can come up with things I like about the movie:

• the hero who isn’t always sure about his decisions but wants to do the right thing; I love the way Alfred knows and supports him
• the dual personality - the arrogant and rich playboy and the the brooding Batman
• there are special effects but it’s not overloaded with CGI. I loved the cinematography although I like the one from Begins better; it’s more visually dark.
• Heath Ledger’s Joker was disturbing. Another scary kind of villain - someone who has nothing to lose and just does what he does for the heck of it…psychopaths…
• Maggie’s Rachel seems more suited for the film. Katie Holmes was too cute. Maggie fit the more serious, more adult look and acting for the film.
• I love stories so I love the longer, more complicated stories for movies like TDK. I love atmospheres, too. The first two words that come to my mind if I were to describe this film would be: dark and serious. Some parts my heart was actually racing.

Overall, I’m very satisfied. There you go, my first attempt at a movie review. I’m planning to make a book review soon, maybe a short one. I’m almost finished with Winter Moon by Dean Koontz. And I’m going to start the book I borrowed from Mang GB The Fountainhead.