Friday, January 15, 2010

The Top 25 Movies of the Decade


21. 
Nolan's Batman films should be the standard against which comic book franchises are measured.  This second installment pushed the genre to new limits, becoming the first major motion picture to integrate IMAX footage with traditional 35 mm.  Heath Ledger's performance is astounding, a complete immersion into a psyche.  


Nolan keeps things grounded.  He's smart and disciplined, putting his $185 million to good use.  He favors special effects over computer-generated visual effects.  Almost everything here is done for real, or at least, without relying on CGI.  With the exception of the helicopter crash, nothing here looks fake.  Nothing.




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