With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
The Dark Knight is the rare movie experience that exceeds the media hype of its pre-release. For months movie fan have been bombarded with clips of the menacing Joker tormenting Gotham city. For months movie fans have read media reports stating that the late Heath Ledger deserves to be nominated for a supporting Oscar for his portrayal of the messy-make-upped Joker. The Dark Knight does not disappoint. More "crime-saga" than super-hero movie, The Dark Knight exceeds on all levels including drama, action and thriller film aspects.
All actors involved in the film do a great job. Christian Bale, always solid in every film he is in, as Batman is suburb as well as Michael Caine, Aaron Eckert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman. But of course the high light of the film is Heath Ledger as The Joker. Every time he is on screen his performance is chilling. Larger than life, Ledger played The Joker as a crazy emotionless psychopath. His performance will not just be remembered as his last, but also as one of the most memorable villainous portrayals in film history. Time will be the ultimate judge, but I predict his version of The Joker will be mentioned in the same breathe as Hannibal Lector when talking about the all-time great movie villains.
Of course its easy for actors to give memorable performances when the director is maybe the best in the business working today. When will Christopher Nolan make a bad film?
As of press time...THE DARK KNIGHT is the best film of the year so far. Jamie says "9".
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This move was incredible. It is incredibly rare that super hero movies would be good. But this movie was beyond good. It was the best super hero movie of all time, but it didn't even feel like a super hero movie. Now a days, super hero movies are expensive, flashy, and special effects over loaded. But this movie relied little on special effects, and mosly used special acting. This was with out a doubt Heath Ledger's greatest film and definently Oscar worthy. But my favorite part of this film was awsomly clever Comishoner Gordon. Gordon was, and is, one of my favorite Batman characters. I hope they make another film and introduce more great Batman villains (Cross your fingers for Pinguin!). To sum things up, I loved this film!
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