{"id":2528,"date":"2008-07-29T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/07\/the-dark-knight\/"},"modified":"2008-07-29T23:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T23:42:00","slug":"the-dark-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/07\/the-dark-knight.html","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SI_kDXQuGAI\/AAAAAAAABuo\/2olEVdeXjZY\/s1600-h\/batman.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SI_kDXQuGAI\/AAAAAAAABuo\/2olEVdeXjZY\/s320\/batman.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br>I\u2019ve just been to see the new Batman movie, <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">The Dark Knight<\/span>. My verdict is to quote the old Ogden Nash poem:\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is a good rule of thumb<\/div>\n<div>Too clever is dumb.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was way too talky. They had to tell me all their deep philosophical thoughts about anarchy and chaos etc. They had to be blatant with all their cute symbolism and meaningful moments.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The plot was too diffuse, there wasn\u2019t enough focus on main characters. We didn\u2019t know with whom to identify. The subplots were too complex and the action sequences often difficult to follow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There were three highlights for me however\u2013one the Joker in the nurse uniform primping as he walks away from the exploding hospital and two lines from the Joker: \u201cWhy so serious?\u201d and his throw away line to Batman, \u201cYou complete me.\u201d Which is a pretty corny line from the otherwise excellent <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Jerry Maguire.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve just been to see the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. My verdict is to quote the old Ogden Nash poem:\u00a0 Here is a good rule of thumb Too clever is dumb. It was way too talky. 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