The Dark Knight

After TWO YEARS of seeing movie trailers and saying, "We should really go see that..." Iain and I came to the sad conclusion that we just don't go to movies. It's a hassle, we never like the times, so let's just admit it: we don't go to movies. There. Now we don't need to continue the incessant, "We should really go see that..." conversations that just leave us feeling guilty because we know deep down that we WON'T go see that. We'll do what we always do: stay home, watch TV.

SO. It's taken us this long to see The Dark Knight. I was prepared to be disappointed because of all the hype, and I was. No hype, no sudden tragic death of a certain star, and it would be a good movie. But not great. And while we both enjoyed Heath Ledger's performance, it is not (in our opinion) Oscar-worthy.

I'm refraining from going off on a rant about how as soon as someone dies everyone decides they're a creative genius. I loved River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain and agree that they were extremely talented, but if they'd lived, would we still consider them "voices of a generation"? All you have to do is look at Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl and there's your answer. One has faded into oblivion awhile the other has surpassed Kurt Cobain in talent and influence but is still not considered as important.