9.0 IMDB Rating
The Dark Knight
(The Dark Knight)
Writer Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Awards Won 2 Oscars. 159 wins & 163 nominations total
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Bale again brilliantly personifies all the deep traumas and misgivings of Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne. A bit of Hamlet is in this Batman.
I don’t understand why this movie gets bashed so much because it’s “overrated.” So what? Pretend as though you never heard anyone say how good this film is, then watch it, and then talk to me. And don’t even get me started on people saying, “People like it just because Heath Ledger died!” Again, pretend as though he didn’t die, watch his performance again, and then come talk to me. An outstanding performance by anyone who was ever involved in this film
The atmosphere is very intense in the movie, like the comics. Also Heath Ledger’s performance was brilliant, he achieved to show the psychotic and crafty side of Joker. Story was fluent and deliberative, it makes you think after you watch it. But, it was not like a superhero movie. It was like a exciting psychological crime movie. That’s the only disadvantage maybe but I ignore it, because Batman has more serious style than the other superheroes. He’s like a detective rather than a superhero.
As a whole, it can exclaim itself as a sophisticated comic book film. Heath Ledger’s Joker is what captivates us. He absorbs into this role with a type of noir-like version of the classic comic book character, becoming a murderous and calculating psychopath. The only comic book film that deserved any Oscar, especially for Heath Ledger.