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Batman and Gordon find alliance with a newly appointed DA Harvey Dent to stop a vicious killer with a warped sense of humor known only as The Joker, a threat to both the good, and the evil of Gotham C...( read more 
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MCT:November 28, 2008
''You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.'' Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
Christian Bale: Bruce Wayne / Batman
Heath Ledger: The Joker
The Dark Knight basically begins from where Batman Begins left us last time. Things have changed and a new maniacal nemesis is at large. Cleverly we are instantly thrown into a ensuing bank robbery with some sharp modern music. The first segments of Dark Knight already firmly establish this is going to be a piece of unrivaled greatness.
When we get onto Batman and his antics we find that he has been imitated by others and his old friend Scarecrow is still up to no good, with shifty dealings. What follows are some brilliant action pieces blended with superb acting, with Actors of class under Nolan's direction being used to perfection.
Christian Bale as the dual identity Bruce & Batman, really shows us he's settled into the role. Giving a deep growling Batman with beast like grating tones and a seemingly unlimited strength and fury. As Bruce Wayne, on the outside to Gotham he's still that rich, complacent playboy who's living the life of luxury and at the same time burdening responsibilities and dark secrets.
Maggie Gyllenhall as Rachel Dawes was for me one of the disappointments of Dark Knight. I'm sorry but she may be a fine actress but she just wasn't attractive enough, her acting isn't question, it was alright, hardly memorable. I reckon they should of stayed with Katie Holmes for this sequel, for then even the people that didn't like her in the role would be happy, considering the outcome at least. I on the one hand wasn't phased when push came to shove and said character was gone from play, in my mind she did start to slow down the film.
Now Heath Ledger playing Joker, what can I say? Partly the huge success and interest has been due to this great Actor's performance being witnessed. After all this is Heath's last film he finished. Going on to his performance as Joker I have to say he is perfection, everytime he's on screen he's mesmerizing, every little thing he does which ranges from the sick depraved to the downright mad. Heath Ledger was a chameleon, a method actor, who had the ability to change, to shape himself into any part he played. Dark Knight is one of the finest examples of this, truly blasting Jack Nicholson's version apart and I guarantee an Oscar for him, or for his memory and in honour of this talent. I loved how immersed Heath had become in the Joker even giving us details to how his face had gotten into it's current state and his abusive childhood and father. Whenever we have a villain there is always a reason to how he got to that point and Nolan uses Heath to get this across effortlessly.
Joker never seized to make me laugh in appreciation despite what could be considered sick antics, I considered genius.
Who else could do a pen trick with someone's head? Dress as a nurse with a silencer in hand and his clownish face glistening? Hide in a body-bag to infiltrate a mob boss's joint? Who else could immortalize Batman's most famous nemesis Joker? Without a doubt Heath Ledger bar none.Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two Face was a really interesting character. He played this politician extremely well, with all his good intentions and honourable ways, Harvey hides a dark side too. References to his coin are used regularly and help us understand the reasons for his later fascination with chance and luck deciding fate. I think Harvey Dent was covered nicely in this, getting across the whole growing hate he supposedly receives from Batman after he saves him and unfortunately Rachel isn't so lucky. Two-face, Harvey's alter-ego to my mind wasn't really that developed which is understandable given the amount of detail here to cram in and what with the Joker unleashed Nolan still does a top notch job. The effects on his face were breath-taking although I was starting to worry that Dark Knight maybe becoming unrealistic and veering towards more cartoony details in it's villains. But same with Batman Begins the Scarecrow was slightly more comic like and I found the whole realism in both Begins and Dark Knight to be a major achievement to me.
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon really excelled in his role this time. Not only does Gordon have more to do but he's in this awesome trio of Harvey, Bats and himself working together to save and help Gotham. I'm really pleased Gary Oldman & Heath Ledger got to do a scene together too, not to mention Bale too. The chemistry they all share and the talent rocketed through anything and everything. Nolan cleverly keeps the aspect of Gordon's family being important to him and later we remember this, and it helps us relate to his character when things unravel.
Morgan Freeman & Michael Caine seem to have less to do this time round. With Caine taking most of the first half of the movie while Freeman takes the 2nd half to his chest.
The Dark Knight was everything I expected it to be and it's certainly the dark masterpiece I predicted, but I do get the feeling that it's been overly hyped for what it consists of. See it not just for Heath's performance which is a defining and immortalized, but also see it because Dark Knight is the greatest comic book/graphic novel to movie ever. DC comics & Warner Bros. must be beaming right now with this piece of gold.
Dark Knight really does have the last laugh. An astonishing achievement that really does follow up a masterpiece. Let's face it, a sequel is coming, without the need to get Two-Face to call it for us, we know it's coming Nolan.
Perfection.
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MCT:November 24, 2008Surely enough not better than the first one. But it was a decent, humorous in some points, easy movie to watch. They maybe overdid it with the special effects and with the "everyone's evil" concept, but generally, a good, rightly-made, more on-the-dark-side blockbuster.
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MCT:November 19, 2008
A crazy tale of Anarchy and Order. This movie is unlike any Batman you've ever seen, Christian Bale is fantastic as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Aaron Eckhart is also great as Harvey Dent/Twoface but what really makes this film is Heath Ledgers Joker. This is simply the greatest acting you have ever seen in your life and oh shame that he died when the movie was still in post-production.
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MCT:November 16, 2008
Amazing Film, disturbing, and quite possibly the Best Batman Film ever. At first I wasn't sure about seeing it, I was fiercely loyal to Jack Nicholson, but Ledger was incredible. Was long, but every part was essential.
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MCT:November 11, 2008
Each Batman film offers a different interpretation of the city of Gotham. This time they chose a Chicago-like environment. Many of the scenes were in broad daylight or brightly lit rooms, but there were always hints of a dark menace lurking around the corners. The cinematography was fresh, documentary-like, bringing a captured realism to the horrible events. The mood was dangerous and very real. This was helped by the discordant music, which was unnerving in a good way.
About the performances: Heath Ledger was a messed up dirty dog Joker; the character was a great potrayal of evil and insanity. He had some sick ideas. He looked like he stank with his greasy green hair and smeared clown makeup. Each time he appeared was fascinating and scary. It was disturbing to see him in a nurse uniform.
People rave about the Joker. Yes, he was great, but Aaron Eckhard was just as effective and disturbing as Harvey Dent Two-Face. His good side was awesome and admirable; I really liked his courtroom performances. His transformation to twisted Two-Face was believable, tragic and sadly disturbing.
Christian Bale's solemn potrayal Batman was upstaged by the complexity of the villains. He was more fascinating to watch as a cool but disturbed Bruce Wayne.
Maggie Gyllenhall's Rachel well-played character brought mature heart and humanity to the story; she was no dumb damsel-in-distress. The complex relationships she had with Harvey and Bruce were perfectly balanced, and had believable repurcussions on the story arcs.
Michael Caine as Alfred the Butler was a great father figure who offered some awesome advice. Batman's team was perfectly complemented by a cool Morgan Freeman as CEO and gadget-man and Gary Oldman as a likeable but sad Commissioner Gordon.
I was wanting for a spectacular opening title sequence but the action began immediately. There was a confusing early battle with all the Batman imitators, plus the Scarecrow (who promptly disappeared ? huh?) The cell-phone sonar technology they used to locate the Joker was neato, but I could've done without the glowing Bat-eyes. I'm glad they didn't flashback to Bruce Wayne's childhood again.
"The Dark Knight" offered several engaging twists and turns. The Joker's plans to break Gotham and Batman were messed-up and deranged, just like the orchestrator. The movie did feel a bit long with the Joker's series of convoluted schemes, but I was never bored. -
MCT:December 3, 2008
I luved it! It was worth standing in line during the opening weekend. I wouldn't do that for just any movie...
Comments
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aperfectgentlemanposted 11 days ago -
Bow down to the greatest movie of the year.Batman is truly back.:D
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Mo offense about the movie or anything.It is amazing and truly a masterpiece, but I'm wondering about what happened off the set. When Heath Ledger has the makeup and the suit on for the role as the Joker, I wonder what the cast members and everyone would say or react to him when he's talking to him. Like if he's still in character or he's calm and cool. I mean if you would play the role of one the most terrifying Batman villains ever, and you had to prepare for that role for months, both you and I would go insane. But WOW!!! Heath really outdid himself. He WILL go down in history as "The Best Supporting Actor in The Best Movie Of All Time". Heath Ledger, you are the man.
posted 43 days ago -
i m going to make this pencil dissapear.oh man,i love that scene.truly vintage joker.
posted 48 days ago -
To all of you who think that Heath Ledger surpasses all the other Jokers before him...you are all so very wrong....he does a good joker...a different joker at that...but the best has been and always will be Jack Nicholson....he has twisted and demented down to a tee...
posted 61 days ago -
tis film is one of the main reasons that this has been one of the best years to be a comic fan.i dont like people judging this movie just on heath ledger's performance(which is amazing by the way). there is more to this movie. the story is excellent as it reflects today's society.this goes against a major argument against superhero's "I cant relate to them". this movie makes it very asy to relate. it alos doesn't paint batman as a saint which is good, he is a necessary force in gotham. also interesting to see him try to save the day in daylight as bruce wayne.amazing movie.
posted 64 days ago -
heath ledger just left a legacy which will be hard to break for anyone trying to play the villain. His sadistic and creepy twist to the movie just made it genius...and the whole two face drama is worth every penny. Christian Bale and his fantastic cast really pulled it off. And I really respect the fact that they did not kill off the joker but left him hanging in the air to show that the joker still lives..viva for ever
posted 70 days ago -
OMG!!!! This movie was really good. I'm obsessed with Batman. My other fave batman movie was the one with the riddler (jim carrey). That was soooo funny. Did anyone here that Johnny Depp might be doing the new Riddler??? He won't replace Jim but he will do a good job.
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