Going Gotham

He arrives under the dark cloak of nightfall. He carries with him useful gadgets for agility and, if necessary, combat. And he's attracted to a beacon of light shone into the night sky. Is it Batman? Nope, it's just your average movie-watcher toting lawn chairs and angling for the best...

By Ciara LaVelle

November 1, 2012

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He arrives under the dark cloak of nightfall. He carries with him useful gadgets for agility and, if necessary, combat. And he's attracted to a beacon of light shone into the night sky. Is it Batman? Nope, it's just your average movie-watcher toting lawn chairs and angling for the best grassy seats at SoundScape Park (Washington Ave. at 17th St., Miami Beach) during the SoundScape Cinema Series. But those lawn chair championships will be extra intense Wednesday when the 2008 Batman blockbuster installment, The Dark Knight, is projected onto the giant white wall of the New World Center. The Dark Knight, for those of you too disappointed by director Christopher Nolan's lackluster 2012 follow-up, was the widely acclaimed film that earned Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for his role as The Joker. It was just about perfect as comic book action movies go: intense, explosive, with twists and turns around every corner.
Wed., Nov. 7, 8 p.m., 2012

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Ciara LaVelle is New Times' former arts and culture editor. She earned her BS in journalism at Boston University and moved to Florida in 2004. She joined New Times' staff in 2011.

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