Ideal for a great "Knight" out

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2008)

Please forgive for the corny pun,I just couldn't resist it. I just came back from viewing TDK and I must say it was very very good, though not as good as Batman Begins which is my personal favourite Batman movie. I knew after watching Batman Begins that the next Batman movie would be about The Joker because there was a reference to him at the end of it. Thankfully both Nolan's and Burton's version of the Joker are completely different. In Burton's version he is more comical whilst in Nolan's version he is seen as sadistic and far more threatening. TDK was promoted as a Heath Ledger movie as this was his last movie he did before his tragic demise. I initially had reservations about the late Heath Ledger as The Joker because I didn't think he would be able to do justice to the role Jack Nicolson made famous. After viewing it I can say I was so wrong, Heath Ledger was brilliant and in some ways may have surpassed the great Jack Nicolson. Christian Bale was good as Bruce Wayne but was outshone by the brilliant Ledger. Another surprise was Aaron Ekhart's role in the second half. Even though it has only been released it seems to have amassed a cult following. I think the appeal of TDK is that it has achieved a constant threat of terror that none of the previous Batman movies have managed to achieve. In the older Batman movies the pace would be slow, then a action sequence will occur and the pace will pick up and once the action scene is over it will return to it's slow pace. With TDK it is basically one thrilling sequence after another. Whilst it is good is not nearly as good as people claim but I suppose after all the hype it is bound to fall a bit short of expectations. It is a real shame that Heath Ledger couldn't bask in his success as The Joker.
My rating 8/10 highly recommended to all