It's really quite a while since we have been to see anything over a "U" or "PG" rating. We had a chance tonight and went to see "The Dark Knight". I have to say I am amazed it got a 12A rating, I would imagine it would give any 12 year old nightmares.
It continues in the darker model of Batman Begins. Gotham City itself is not dark and brooding, it is a normal looking city. And strangely enough that leaves more room for the characters themselves to be dark. Which they are. Heath Ledger does a fantastic job and it is possible to see why the role might have got to him. It is relentless. There is always tension which never lets off. Just when things could wrap up there is another twist. The Joker says he doesn't plan, and that comes through the film, it is unnervingly erratic.
To be honest I can't quite decide if I think it is a good film. I suspect it is. I have problems with any film that is part of a series but has inconsistencies (this was an issue I had with Casino Royale). You need to divorce this film from the earlier Batman films in your head or it doesn't make sense. Like Batman Begins it doesn't go for a feel good factor either, so there is a slightly empty feeling at the end.
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We went to see it on our wedding anniversary, being the romantics that we are.
I felt traumatised on leaving the cinema (yes, I'm that delicate...) - I did really feel like someone might try to kill me.
Definitely too dark/unpleasant for a 12a. I think it should have been a 15. There was just a continual threat of violence. And the continual sense of sitting on the edge of social breakdown was very disquieting.
I thought it was a good film. But very, very disturbing...
My straw poll so far shows that no-one thinks it should be suitable for 12 year olds to watch.
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