The film is barely days away from release but it has caused enough of prerelease buzz to make it looks like the new Pandora’s box. it has quite sometime to release. But it is all about what this Joker holds for us. Is he going to match up to the great Jack Nicholson. By now all of us know who the new Joker is, he is no stranger to parts of such magnitude. He is man who has risked quite a bit to put a smile upon the Batman Franchise.

Recently I came across an animated series called The Gotham Knight which has all the makings of a companion piece to the Dark Knight film. It is a selection of short films created by some great Japanese Masters. It is filled with action set pieces that our akin to any Hollywood production. But this is not all that it boasts of. it has some cleverly written stories that make it a treat to watch. The only story that is somewhat washed out is the one set in India about a witch lady trying to teach Batman some new tricks. The most popular one of the lot is the Dead Shot episode. The action in the train sequence will surely leave you breathless. It is last one and surely a fitting end to the series. There are also some interesting interpretation in the first story of how Batman will look through the eyes of four kids. There is also a famous shot of Batman standing in the fire waiting to stop a crossfire between two warring gangs.

The new Batman picture, opening July 18 and already reviewed in dozens of print and online outlets, will be the biggest of the summer, the biggest of the year and one of the pop cinematic phenoms of the new century. But the hype has been building up each day. They are going all out with everything they have. Today there was news that the composers have turned up the darkness on the music. The result is an intense orchestral bombast, replete with crashing percussive outbursts and cellos teetering at the far reaches of human hearing. They are also planning to release the soundtrack earlier than the previous movie. They want to beat the previous record set by the previous movie.

Hanz Zimmer and James Newton Howard have turned up once again for this great soundtrack. They are hitting on all the right notes to create this into a great extravagant affair.

But the music is not the only thing that has got all the hype. There are many ticketing sites like Fandango have been cashing in on this huge pre release buzz. But the advance ticket sales have almost raised the bar over the Spiderman Franchise. Many analysts are saying that the new Batman film is ahead on the advance ticket by 8:1. The Imax theatres all around the US are just left with 6 A.M show tickets that too 90% of it has been sold. This is a huge phenomenon no doubt but will the film survive all this buzz. Many of the polls have shown that most of the people are turning up because of the posthumous release of Heath Ledger Joker.

The film has also got tremendous buzz from some of the big shot critics like the Hollywood Reporter and Rolling Stone. But they are still waiting for reviews from news agencies like New York Times.

Now it comes to why this movie looks so good yet bigger than anything we have ever seen.

1. Batman

Christian Bale is back with Dark Knight and he is as big as ever. He has several villains to take on this time and several confidants are back from the first movie re enacting their roles. But he is put upon a challenge that might destroy his very core principal of not taking anybodies life.

2. Joker

Heath Ledger lost his life showcasing a role that demanded him to make someone who is closer to a Clockwork Orange level character. He has created a worthy nemesis for Batman. A man who is bent upon putting a smile on this Dark Knight. He wants the Batman to throw his best shot. He is just left with a knife letting his victims getting tortured by all the pain he can cause. Heath Ledger is also getting in my view unwanted Oscar buzz which is something that is totally unwarranted.

3 Two Face

Another Surprise edition to the franchise is Two Face whose role is extremely closed from the media. The franchise is throwing all the attention to joker. This is good in a way for the character played by the extremely talky Aaron Ekhart. Another surprise will be with Scarecrow who will bring back his menace from the first movie. Can’t wait to see him as well.

4 Imax Experience

We already had a video of some of the shots being filmed especially in Imax. The film will be opening in around 94 Imax screens. They have opened several early shows to cater to the growing need for the audience to check this film out. So for those of you who want to check it out again please dont miss the Imax experience.

5 The old players

Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman are back to reprise their roles as the necessary backing for the Batman franchise.

There has been surely many people behind all this buzz. But Heath created all this heat in the beginning months and making sure that this will become the most profitable franchise for this year. Best of Luck to these guys to make our day on July 18th.

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