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Like any self-respecting 21-year-old film student, I packed into a theater full of fanboys to watch the much-anticipated midnight screening of The Dark Knight. While I thought the film was extremely well-acted and well directed (except for a few flawed actions scenes which I chalked up to Nolan being more of an actor’s director than a 10-year-old who loves special effect), there definitely were some story issues I thought could have been polished.
I could gush for hours about the beautiful performances by Caine, Ledger, and Oldman and the incredible ways in which terror and humor collided to make the audience feel both violated and entertained, but I decided for he sake of “learning to be a better writer” I would go over some points in the movie that just didn’t seem to work. Needless to say, SPOILERS ARE AFTER THE JUMP so don’t read unless you’ve seen the flick or don’t care:
