You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2009)

I've never really been a die hard Batman fan, but one day my brother rented Batman Begins and I sat down and watched it since there was nothing better to do, during the course of the film I was intrigued by the deep character story and thought the film had a pretty cool build up that made the action scenes much more effective, so I can say I actually enjoyed it.
The Dark Knight however, I went out the extra mile and actually bought it, and can safely say that I don't regret it, not one bit, the characters in this film were far more interesting and the cast did a formidable job, Heath Ledger's portrayal of the joker was for this film what Johnny Depp's portrayal of Jack Sparrow was for Pirates of the Caribbean, no one could have done it better, I'll also give similar props to Aaron Eckhart, who does an excellent playing Harvey Dent, his best bit of acting is when he makes the transition from Gotham's white knight to dangerous villain Harvey two face, I also like the fact that brothers Christopher and Jonathan Nolan incorporated a lot of irony and symbolism in to the story, for instance, Harvey is considered by Batman to be the symbol of hope hence symbolism, and later on after Harvey is seriously burned after an explosion, he then after realizing he's lost everything, sets of on a vengeful rampage and then becomes the villain two face, hence the quote earlier in the film made by Harvey himself, "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" representing irony, and the way Alfred (Micheal Caine) was telling Bruce Wayne (Christain Bale) about how some people just want to watch the world burn, that could easily describe a real life terrorist if you give it some thought.
Together with a great script from Jonathan and brother Christopher Nolan, and with a big cast that bring the characters to life, The Dark Knight stands out as 2008's film of the year, and Rest in peace Heath Ledger, the movie world won't be the same without you.