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  Maggie Gyllenh aal's "The Bride" is a unique film that tries to tie female rage against the Patriarchy along with Mary Shelly's spirit who is angry & rage filled.  It is the films framing piece that I have trouble with.  By making Mary Shelly a vengeful sprit who is angry at the whole patriarch and who possesses the Bride and makes her lash out at the world seems to do a disservice to Mary Shelly's memory and her works that she accomplished.   Such poems like: "To love in Solitude & mystery", "Absence", and "Ode to Ignorance" seem to have been combined with her book "Frankenstein". That is the way it feels to me, and one who is unfamiliar with her work could surmise that this is how Shelly felt and so her possessing the Bride would be of unrequited love and anger towards men, and truly that's the filmmaker's prerogative, but I'd prefer my B movies less heady and just plain simple.  Frankenstein is lonel...

So today was the day I went to see "The Dark Knight", and though I would love to say that I loved it I can't. I'm not saying that I dis-liked it too. So what Karl, which is it? Either you like something or you don't. No in-between. That's not what reviews do. So maybe I won't call this a review. An observation, and leave it at that. First off Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker is really good, and I love the dynamic between Batman & the Joker. Both are two sides of the coin, and one can never be without the other. Christian Bale as Batman works for me. Bale gives Batman depth, and underneath Batman's exterior lies rage. I think when Bale dons the costume he is sort of channeling Dirty Harry. I think it's a bit over played. The snarling and the teeth seem a bit over the top. Ledger gives just the right amount of insanity that the Joker is and should be. Okay, okay so what's not to like about the movie? Well it seems a bit over-produc...