The Dark Knight Review

'The Dark Knight' has to be one of the best movies ever made.Christopher Nolan has truly brought out the true tormented scheme of Gotham City.This movie was one of the most anticipated releases of 2008 and not only was this flick breathtaking,it was also so awesome beyond expectations that one would be truly amazed by the professional acting that this movie has to offer,which was clearly missing from all the previous Batman movies except for 'Batman Begins'.The Joker was played by Heath Ledger(Rest in Peace) and it would be a conspiracy if he didn't get nominated for the Oscars.Heath Ledger has actually outperformed all his predecessors with his portrayal of the psychotic Joker.The laugh,the scars,the lines,the plots,almost everything about the Joker was phenomenal.Aaron Eckhart was really good with his portrayal of Harvey Dent[Tommy Lee Jones,didn't even come close to Aaron Eckhart.Maggie Gyllenhaal has replaced Katie Holmes for the role of Rachel Dawes and in my humble opinion it was a great decision.And Christian Bale is rightfully on his way for being the best Batman ever.This movie is in fact all about respect,rather than enjoyment.'The Dark Knight' actually shows that not every ending is a Happy one.

“The Dark Knight” is not a simplistic tale of good and evil. Batman is good, yes, The Joker is evil, yes. But Batman poses a more complex puzzle than usual: The citizens of Gotham City are in an uproar, calling him a vigilante and blaming him for the deaths of policemen and others. And the Joker is more than a villain. He’s a Mephistopheles whose actions are fiendishly designed to pose moral dilemmas for his enemies.Yes, the special effects are extraordinary. They focus on the expected explosions and catastrophes, and have some superb, elaborate chase scenes.

The plot involves nothing more or less than the Joker’s attempts to humiliate the forces for good and expose Batman’ secret identity, showing him to be a poser and a fraud. He includes Gordon and Dent on his target list, and contrives cruel tricks to play with the fact that Bruce Wayne once loved, and Harvey Dent now loves, Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes.The tricks are more cruel than he realizes, because the Joker doesn’t know Batman’s identity.Heath Ledger has a good deal of dialogue in the movie, and a lot of it isn’t the usual jabs and jests we’re familiar with.It’s psychologically more complex, outlining the dilemmas he has constructed, and explaining his reasons for them.

And the Batman legend, with its origins in film noir, is the most fruitful one for exploration.[10/10]