--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dick Lochte" <dlochte@...> wrote:
>
> Prompted by all the hype in the world out there and in the confines
of our
> noir-loving group, I went to see The Dark Knight. Quite a spectacle.
> Beautifully directed and photographed. But that script! Considering the
> overall purpose of this list, I'd assume that when it comes to
movies or TV
> or comic books or whatever, our main interest would be in the writing or
> storytelling. But in the lengthy discussion of whether the film was
or was
> not noir, I don't recall anybody saying anything about the overheated,
> underdeveloped, sometimes incomprehensible, repetitive and, worst of
all,
> preachy script. How many times and in how many ways do we have to
hear all
> that guff about Batman's negative effect on Gotham? We see it in the
opening
> sequence, with the Batman wannabes getting in the way of the Scarecrow's
> arrest. Point made. Then we hear newscasters and the Joker and just
about
> everybody chiming in on the plusses and minuses of having the Dark
Knight on
> call.
>
Could the reason be that the public is trained by the "news" and what
passes for "analysis"? I think being exposed to constant bullshit has
to have an effect on people. I wonder what the market studies for this
movie have mandated: I suspect (with no basis) that it is aimed at
teenagers. If the script is going to be bad, I prefer it to be REALLY
bad, as in the wonderful "Earth Girls Are Easy". Those were the golden
days of bad...
Best,
mrt
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