Credit to Christopher Nolan

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2010)

I found the film to be quite great and it was sadly enhanced and worsened by Heath's Death. Mostly, I was impressed with the vision that Christopher Nolan brought to the screen. He started with Batman Begins and made extreme leaps with The Dark Knight.
You have to consider the previous Batman movies and television series. They were all quite corny and goofy, especially Burton's. So Nolan went ahead and made a film that was dark and deep. It had epic cinematography and sound design and he went ahead and casted serious actors. It wasn't Michael Keaton, George Clooney, or Val Kilmer and we don't have Jim Carey nor Arnold as villains. Now, mind you I have seen these actors give solid performances before, but I think they all signed up knowing that they were doing fluff movies. Nolan's movies have relevance and transcendence. They are culturally interesting and impacting. Frankly, Nolan changed comic book movies forever.