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After the first full trailer landed, the Internet was abuzz. It seemed you couldn't go anywhere on the Net without hearing one of two things - "Heath Ledger is amazing!" and "Why didn't we see any Aaron Eckhart yet?"
This new trailer responded to those notions in spades. After the truly tragic passing of Heath Ledger in January of 2008, The Dark Knight was receiving even more buzz, if fathomable. In spite of ridiculous accusations that the role of The Joker had killed Ledger, the marketing campaign went on, albeit with a new focus on Harvey Dent, the lawyer who (spoilers) becomes villain Two-Face.
So "Happy Trails" (again named for a viral marketing site) amps up the Harvey Dent content, as well as giving us more Joker. But this Joker is more menacing than any previous incarnation, and this Harvey Dent is by comparison entirely more innocent than any other version we've seen thus far. He seems genuinely concerned with doing the right thing, being Gotham's white knight.
So his descent into darkness is going to be all the more tragic because of that. The standout feature in my mind (that is, excepting the all-too-awesome "Kill... the Batman.") is the lighting. Quite an esoteric pick, but watch Harvey Dent throughout the trailer. Notice the lighting on his face - the left half (the half that will be scarred by acid in the comics and Lord-knows-what in this movie) is almost always lit darker than the right half. That is a brilliant touch.
And is that Maggie Gyllenhaal being thrown off a building by The Joker? This movie just gets better and better.
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