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Kris Tapley at In Contention posts this impromptu promo Letterman gave The Dark Knight two nights ago (gratis and sans guest, no less). Kris helpfully extracts the money quote for us:
Heath Ledger…oh my God is he great in this one…I’m telling you, this is a tremendous performance. That’s the reason people ought to go see this film.
In a related piece, Kris says John Campea of The Move Blog says “he was ready to call the film one of the best cinematic endeavors of the last three or four years.”¬† (So there you have it.¬† Me quoting Kris quoting John. How much more definitive appraisal do you want? 😎 )
But it’s like I’ve been saying for months. Yeah sure, Iron Man, The Hulk, Indy — fun cartoons before the show starts. The Dark Knight is the summer’s feature presentation. (And if Batman went tumbling over three waterfalls, you know what? He’d drown, like any normal human would. And that’s what makes him great.)