celestialblender needs some cocoa.
Just got back from a matinee of Dark Knight. While it suffered a little from some overarching need to say certain things which don’t need saying (that I chalk up to the “superhero” thing – interesting considering some of the questions the movie asks), the character-driven complexity of it was stunning. There are so many ways that it was a very good straight crime drama, only with more toys, which it also somehow manages to question.
For some reason, it makes me want to go back and watch “The Professional” again. Probably has to do with the involvement of Gary Oldman and the complex play between two interestingly entwined leads. The interplay of Ledger’s Joker and Bale’s Batman somehow seems tied into that. Mostly, it makes me want to watch it again, partially because I know there’s a lot of rich detail that you can’t get in one watching. Also, I had to pee really badly for the last full hour of the film.
Were I to make this ice cream purely as an artistic statement, I would swirl together two ice creams that did not taste good together. However, I stop food as an artistic expression short of being intentionally unenjoyable.
That being said, I think I may need to amp up the Bruce Wayne part of it into something more overblown of the “playboy” thing. While I still like the idea of making an ice cream made with a high-end liqueur (and I will make Grand Marnier ice cream at some point), I’m also thinking about a champagne-strawberry sorbet, possibly with a dose of Campari, which kicks your ass with bitter after the sweet.
