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The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn
By Administrator | July 20, 2008
Friday morning, I saw the midnight showing of The Dark Knight with two of my daughters and two of their friends. Our local theater gave out free t-shirts with Heath Ledger’s Joker on them so we arrived more than an hour early in order to get one each and spent the remaining time before the movie talking and people-watching. Our theater was completely full and we assume the other two were as well judging by the crowds in the lobby before the showing.
The movie was supposed to start at 11:59pm, but was about ten minutes late and we assume that was due to the men in suits communicating by walkie-talkie (trying to start all three showings at the same time, we think). Shouts and whistles erupted from the audience when the lights finally dimmed for our three trailers: Terminator Salvation, Watchmen, and Tropic Thunder. Then started the main event.
At this point in time, I don’t plan to write a detailed review of the movie, but I will say that it was well done and I don’t regret the loss of sleep caused by my attendance at the midnight showing. Much of the hype leading up to this movie is well-deserved and Heath Ledger’s performance was excellent.
If you haven’t yet seen the movie and are a fan of Batman, superhero flicks, or good movies in general then I do recommend going to this one. You won’t consider your time and money to have been wasted.
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