Has it go to the point that “The Dark Knight” is so huge, so massive in the cultural zeitgeist at the moment, its gotten to the point when someone actually says something negative about the film that people have to take notice and write about it (including us)?
Pretty much. There’s been nothing but a chorus of quiveringly breathless praise for the film, but David Edelstein of New York magazine had the honor of publishing the first known negative review of Batman sequel and even though most of his review left us anticipating this flick more than ever, he had a few solid points throughout the thing, including the fact that Christopher Nolan can’t direct action sequences for shit (he can’t; see the one major flaw of “Batman Begins,” the car chase in particular being one of the most dull moments in the film that shouldn’t be).
PS Jeffrey Wells, who’s apparently keeping score, is clockin four negative, to semi-negative ‘Dark Knight;’ reviews (including the Edelstein), but to be fair, poor Anne Thompson’s review appears to have been negative only because her coke-bottle spectacles couldn’t handle the pixel-overkill of IMAX and she’s hoping to see it again in a kinescope.
