I am not ignoring the fact that by now every blogger in the world has written about The Dark Knight and Heath Ledger's performance and everything else that goes along with it.
I know mentioning the movie might already be overkill. That in mind; I'm still going for it.
Every-so-often a movie comes along that contains the zeitgeist in which it is released. Dark Knight not only set box office records, featured a posthumous performance, and contained more special effects for IMAX theaters; it set the pace for US. It serves as a marker in time of where WE are. Amid upcoming elections, Olympics, war, and the shit hole economy, everyone was able to stop for a moment and say, "Yeah, there we are."
That idea has been echoing in my mind since Sunday when I saw the movie.
I guess it's the same type of feeling when Jaws came out for the first time and had everyone afraid and buzzing. Or when The Wizard of Oz was finally converted to film. There was a new take on life and on the way films were made. We realized we had advanced.
I guess what I'm comparing it to is when you are growing up and you mark your height on a wall in your house that you have been doing for years. You can see the lines and the date and actually track your growth.
It's been some time since WE have stopped to measure ourselves, but I'm glad we did. Maybe next time we can use another significant event to mark it in the future. Until then I'm okay with the movie metaphors.
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