No, no, non ho sbagliato titolo, secondo la
Planeta/DeAgostini e le sue traduzioni furenti (su cui mi guardo bene dal spendere soldi) si scrive davvero così...
Sono tra i pochi a cui
Batman Begins aveva fatto piuttosto lezzo: trama poco avvincente e raccontata maluccio, scene d'azione di basso livello e dialoghi da prendere a schiaffoni chi li ha scritti.
Il Cavaliere Oscuro si piazza di sicuro su un altro pianeta, ma siamo ben lontani dal gridare al capolavoro come hanno fatto in molti.
Gotham City inizia ad avere speranza nel futuro:
Batman è di certo un fuorilegge, ma nessuno nega stia portando ordine; la polizia si riorganizza ed
Harvey Dent - il nuovo procuratore distrettuale - fa ben sperare.
Arriva però il
Joker a ripiombare la città nel caos, con attentati, rapine e piani pro (e contro) la mafia locale.
Ci vorrà un po' per comprendere che non ci si trova di fronte ad un criminale canonico, ma a qualcuno con cui non si può trattare con mezzi convenzionali: il procuratore lo imparerà a proprie spese.
Trama lunga e complessa, che oggettivamente si poteva semplificare un poco, anche se resta comunque ben congegnata. Buoni (a tratti ottimi) i dialoghi, anche se qualche banalità in qua e in là c'è.
Le scene d'azione continuano a non farmi impazzire, ma siamo in netto miglioramento.
Buoni tutti gli attori, anche se
Christian Bale non mi sembra si ammazzi di fatica, e
Maggie Gyllenhaal non mi piace proprio (diamine, però c'è
Eric Roberts! Che idolo!
).
Nolan a dirigere è sempre bravo (anche se a mio avviso lavora meglio su altri generi), ottimi gli effetti.
Tra le cose che ci si poteva risparmiare, va sicuramente citata la
bat-moto...
A me poi ha fatto ribrezzo la voce di Batman ed ancor di più quella di Bruce Wayne: davvero mal impostata.
E poi c'è
lui:
Heath Ledger a fare il Joker. Personalmente abito a mille miglia dal perbenismo imperante che impone di leccare il culo ai cadaveri, anzi, per quanto mi riguarda le circostanze gli fanno guadagnare un miliardo di
punti-coglionaggine... ma in questo film è perfetto.
È il Joker. Fantastico per come si muove, cosa dice e come lo dice.
Il film sarebbe dovuto durare 30 minuti in meno, avere il triplo delle scene dedicate a lui, ed essere intitolato
The Joker. Allora sì, che sarebbe stato un film memorabile.
Per concludere: un capolavoro? Proprio no, un discreto film, ma non scomodiamo simili termini; con un cast, regia e risorse del genere, era lecito aspettarsi di più. Ed il (temporaneo anche stavolta?)
primo posto nella top250 di
IMDb è senza dubbio una esagerazione.
Heath Ledger avrebbe meritato l'Oscar? Sì, senza dubbio.
Glielo darei, io? Cavoli no, la sua carriera non ne avrà grande giovamento, suppongo...
Glielo darà, l'Academy? Probabile.
Ultima nota: in Italia non è vietato, ma un VM14 ci stava tutto - il bel risultato è che ci si trova con la sala piena di cinnaglia non accompagnata, educata come Attila, che si esalta anche quando una comparsa si soffia il naso...
Voto: 7.5 (8+ alla seconda metà - ed ora tutti a picchiare mamma e sorella!)
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Batman Begins (2005)
Regista: Christopher Nolan Scrittore: Bob Kane,
David S. Goyer Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 8.4/10 (182778 voti) [#100 nella top250]
Durata: 140 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: Mandarin, English
Cast:Trama:Eight-year-old Bruce Wayne falls into a cave where he encounters a swarm of bats. Bruce develops a fear of bats, and later urges his parents to leave an opera featuring bat-like creatures. Outside the theater, Bruce Wayne's parents are both killed in a robbery by mugger Joe Chill. Bruce blames himself for his parents' murder: had he not been frightened, the Waynes would not have encountered Chill. He is taken in by a mysterious instructor named Ducard and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is strangling it.
Trivia random: Before the shooting began, Christopher Nolan invited the whole film crew to a private screening of Blade Runner (1982). After the film he said to the whole crew, "This is how we're going to make Batman."
Citazione random: [as Wayne Manor is burning down]::Bruce Wayne: What have I done, Alfred? Everything my family... my father built...::Alfred Pennyworth: The Wayne legacy is more than bricks and mortar, sir.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Bale, Christian
Nome di battesimo: Bale, Christian Charles Philip
Data di nascita: 30 January 1974
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Sibi Blazic::(29 January 2000 - present) 1 child
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:The 10th Anniversary issue of "Entertainment Weekly" crowned Christian Bale as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures" of the past decade, citing his incredible and legendary cult status on the Internet. EW also calls Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment" after his brilliant turn as the psychopathic yuppie serial killer in American Psycho (2000). And "Premiere" lauded him as one of the "Hottest Leading Men Under 30". Christian Bale has garnered a huge international audience ever since he wowed critics with his devastating performance in Steven Spielberg's WWII epic Empire of the Sun (1987). Bale made his professional debut opposite British comedian Rowan Atkinson on the London West End stage. He auditioned with 4000 other kids for the coveted role of James Graham in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987). Bale received a special citation for Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor from the National Board of Review -- an award specially created for his performance in "Empire". In the following decade, Welsh-born Bale has appeared in Shakespeare, dramas and comedies demonstrating a versatility, depth and range that has made him one of the best reviewed actors today and one of the most popular actors on the Internet. Bale is the youngest in a family of 3 older sisters (Erin, Sharon, and Louise Bale).
Trivia random: Was good friends with actor Heath Ledger.
Citazione random: He's a messed-up individual, as well. He's got all sorts of issues. He's just as twisted and messed-up as the villains he's fighting, and that's part of the beauty of the whole story. - on the character of Batman
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Nolan, Christopher (I)
Nome di battesimo: Nolan, Christopher Johnathan James
Data di nascita: 30 July 1970
Altezza: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
Coniuge: Emma Thomas::(1997 - present)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born in London in 1970, Christopher Nolan began making films at the age of seven using his father's super 8mm camera and an assortment of male-action figures. He graduated to making films involving real people, and his super 8mm surreal short 'tarantella' was shown on PBS' 'image union' in 1989. Chris studied English Literature at University College London while starting to make 16mm films at the college film society. His short film 'larceny' was shown at the Cambridge Film Festival in 1996, and his other 16mm shorts include a three- minute surreal film called 'doodlebug'.
Trivia random: Doesn't like CGI in movies and purposely avoided it when he made "Batman Begins"
Citazione random: We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Ledger, Heath
Nome di battesimo: Ledger, Heath Andrew
Data di nascita: 4 April 1979
Data di morte: 22 January 2008
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of not much depth. He has spent the past five years trying desperately to sway this image away, but this has indeed been a double-edged sword. But that comes much later in his story. Heath Ledger was born on the fourth of April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia. As the story goes, in junior high it was compulsory to do one of two electives, either cooking or drama, and as Heath could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama. Heath was talented, there was no denying that. However, the rest of the class did not acknowledge his talent, possibly out of jealousy. When he was 17, he and a friend, decided to pack up, leave school, take a car and rough it to Sydney. Heath believed Sydney to be the place where dreams are made, or at least, where actors can possibly get their big break. However, upon arriving in Sydney with a purported 69 cents to his name, Heath tried everything to get a break. His first real acting job came in a low budget movie called Blackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive cliché; a teen angst film about one boy's struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl. He did not have a large part in this movie. In fact, it was a very small one. The only thing of notice in his role is you get to see him get his lights punched out. After that small role, Heath auditioned for a role in a TV show called "Sweat" (1996) about a group of young Olympic hopefuls. He got offered one of two roles, one as a swimmer, another as a gay cyclist. Heath accepted the latter because he felt to really stand out as an actor one had to accept unique roles that stood out from the bunch. It got him small notice, but unfortunately the show was quickly axed, which led him to look for other roles. He was in "Home and Away" (1988) for a very short period, in which he played a surfer who falls in love with one of the girls of Summer Bay. Then came his very brief role in Paws (1997). Paws was a film which existed solely to cash in on guitar prodigy Nathan Cavaleri's brief moment of fame, where he was the hottest thing in Australia. Heath played a student in the film, involved in a stage production of a Shakespeare play, in which he played "Oberon". A very brief role, this did nothing other than give him a small paycheck, but nothing to advance his career. Then came Two Hands (1999). He went to America trying to audition for film roles, showcasing his brief role in "Roar" (1997) opposite then unknown Vera Farmiga. He could not find any American roles but then Australian director Gregor Jordan auditioned him for the lead in Two Hands (1999), which he got. An in your face Aussie crime thriller, Two Hands (1999) was outstanding and helped him secure a role in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). After that, it seemed Heath was being typecast as a teen hunk, which he did not like, so he accepted a role in a very serious war drama The Patriot (2000). What followed was a stark inconsistency of roles, Ledger accepting virtually every single character role, anything to avoid being typecast. Some met with praise, like his short role in Monster's Ball (2001), but his version of Ned Kelly (2003) was an absolute flop, which led distributors hesitant to even release it outside Australia. Heath finally had deserved success with his role in Brokeback Mountain (2005), for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA. Ledger was found dead on January 22, 2008 in his apartment in the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo, with a bottle of prescription sleeping pills nearby. It was concluded weeks later that he died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs that included painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication.
Trivia random: Was considered for a role in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).
Citazione random: "I don't have a technique. I've never been a believer in having one set technique on how to act. There are no rules and there is no rulebook. At the end of the day, it all comes down to my instincts. That's the one thing that guides me through every decision professionally. Socially, also. That's my technique. Yeah, you read through the script 100 times. I guess I have little characteristics about myself. Sometimes, most often than not, once we start shooting I won't look at the script at all until we finished shooting. It's kind of like it's been imprinted in my head during rehearsals. You just let it go." - Reel.com, May 2001
Salario massimo: $3,000,000, per A Knight's Tale (2001)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Dark Knight, The (2008)
Cavaliere oscuro, Il
Regista: Christopher Nolan Scrittore: Jonathan Nolan,
Christopher Nolan Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 9.5/10 (124766 voti) [#1 nella top250]
Durata: 152 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.
Trivia random: Matt Damon was Christopher Nolan's first choice for the role of Harvey Dent but turned it down. Before Aaron Eckhart was cast in the part, other actors considered included Hugh Jackman, Ryan Phillippe, Liev Schreiber and Josh Lucas.
Citazione random: The Joker: Are you the real Batman?::Batman Wannabe: No.::The Joker: No? Then why do you dress like him?::Batman Wannabe: He's a symbol... That we don't have to be afraid of scum like you.::The Joker: Ohh, you do Bryan, you *really* do!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Roberts, Eric (I)
Nome di battesimo: Roberts, Eric Anthony
Data di nascita: 18 April 1956
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Eliza Roberts::(1992 - present)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:One of Hollywood's more edgy, intriguing characters running around town for years, Eric Anthony Roberts started life in Biloxi, Mississippi, but grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He began his acting career at age 5 in a local theater company called the Actors and Writers Workshop founded by his late father, Walter Roberts. After his schooling at Grady High, he studied drama at age 17 in London for two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, then returned to the States and continued his studies at the American Academy in New York. He made his NY stage debut in "Rebel Women" in 1976 at age 20 and appeared in regional productions, once playing the newspaper boy in a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starring Shirley Knight and Glenn Close. After appearing in such daytime soaps as "Another World" and "How to Survive a Marriage", his career began to shift fast forward when he copped a leading role in a major film. In King of the Gypsies (1978), based on Peter Maas' best seller about a fracturing dynasty of New York City gypsies, he made his debut alongside an intimidating roster of stars including Judd Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, Shelley Winters and Sterling Hayden. Young Eric held his own expertly (winning a Golden Globe nom) while his burning intensity and brooding charm marked sure signs of star potential. After this he won the lead opposite Milo O'Shea in the 1980 stage production of "Mass Appeal". He suffered serious injuries in a car accident during his nascent film career but lost no fans by the time he returned to co-star with Sissy Spacek as a small-town stranger in Raggedy Man (1981). It was, however, his stark and frightening portrayal of two-bit hustler Paul Snider, the cast-off boyfriend who slays Playmate-turned-movie starlet Dorothy Stratten (played by Mariel Hemingway) in Star 80 (1983) that really put him on the movie map and earned him a second Golden Globe nomination. A wide range of fascinating, whacked-out roles were immediately offered to him on a silver plate. He played another dangerous streetwise hustler type in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) opposite fellow rebel Mickey Rourke; a cocky soda pop sales exec in the Australian comedy The Coca-Cola Kid (1985); appeared with more charm and restraint opposite Rosanna Arquette in the offbeat romantic comedy Nobody's Fool (1986) and topped his prolific period off with an Academy Award nomination as a young prison escapee hiding out with Jon Voight aboard an out-of-control train in the ultra-violent, character-driven action adventure Runaway Train (1985). Good things continued to happen when he was a replacement lead in the original run of "Burn This" and won a Theatre World Award for his 1988 Broadway debut. A risky, no-holds-barred actor, he was often guilty of overacting if given half the chance. His film career began to slide in the late 1980s, appearing in more quantity than quality pictures. A series of missteps led to unheralded appearances in such bombs as the karate-themed Best of the Best (1989); the NY urban thriller The Ambulance (1990); the action western Blood Red (1989), which took three years to release and is now solely remembered for being the only film Eric and superstar sister Julia Roberts appeared in together; and Rude Awakening (1989) when he filled in as a burned-out hippie opposite a Chong-less Cheech Marin. More underappreciated "B" filming came with the 1990s (Freefall (1994), Sensation (1995), The Nature of the Beast (1995), etc.), while also chewing the scenery with a number of mobster types in TV-movies, including one as Al Capone. He soon began appearing as flashy secondary villains and creepies that showcased other stars instead, such as Final Analysis (1992) starring Richard Gere, and Heaven's Prisoners (1996) toplining Alec Baldwin. Eric's undeniable, unconventional talent would occasionally mesh with the perfect role. At the Sundance Film Festival in 1996, he received critical applause for his starring role as a man dying of AIDS in the uplifting and emotional film It's My Party (1996) and earned more honors as a writer marked for murder in the mob-themed story La Cucaracha (1998). He was also perfectly cast as one of the cold-blooded killers in the Emmy-nominated TV adaptation of Truman Capote's chiller In Cold Blood (1996) (TV). Eric continued to appear sporadically on TV in such dramatic series as "Law & Order", while sometimes showing a fun side as well in comedy ("The King of Queens"). His own series work included "Less Than Perfect" (2002) and, more recently, in the cult program "Heroes" (2006/II) where promise for a longer participation ended with his character's death. Recovered from a long-standing cocaine problem, Eric wed, for the first time, actress/writer Eliza Roberts (nee Garrett). They have appeared in such films as Killer Weekend (2004) and Junior Pilot (2005) (V). His daughter from a former relationship, _'Emma Roberts' , is a newly popular and fast-rising "tween" actress from the series "Unfabulous" (2004) and has played youthful supersleuth Nancy Drew (2007) on film. Eric's unpredictable, volatile nature which works so mesmerizing on screen has also led to troubling times off camera; his relationship with younger sis Julia Roberts has been seriously strained for quite some time.
Trivia random: Brother of Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan
Citazione random: "I do like the idea of putting something comical into an intense drama, and being intense in absurd circumstances within a comedy."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Gyllenhaal, Maggie
Nome di battesimo: Gyllenhaal, Maggie Ruth
Data di nascita: 16 November 1977
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Maggie Gyllenhaal made her debut in her father, Stephen Gyllenhaal,'s film Waterland (1992) and emerged as full-blown star in Secretary (2002). Her sweet looks and conduct has a deep on-screen subtle style that emerges from the characters she plays, large part or small. Gyllenhaal's career has already shown through her presence on screen. After attending Columbia University, Gyllenhaal resides in New York City. She earned her BA in English, which gave her theater experience during college in addition to her literary point. In London, she studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Focusing on English, her stage experience led her to acting after graduation.
Trivia random: Her favorite actress is Gena Rowlands.
Citazione random: (While promoting Mona Lisa Smile (2003)) "I've realised that the only way to make movies that you're proud of, that don't fall into the sentimental bullshit that so many movies fall into, is to fight. You have to fight. So many people are willing to sleepwalk through things and fall into the not human, not interesting choice".
Salario massimo: $500,000, per World Trade Center (2006)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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