There was NOTHING funny about this Joker!

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2008)

The Dark Knight was probably the only and truly comic book movie this summer that everyone wanted to see , of course their was Hulk and Iron Man and Hellboy but this one was well worth the wait. Giving the tragic death of Heath Ledger I kind of thought that I owed it to him to watch this movie as a means of paying my respect to him. AND boy o boy , Mr Ledger has left a mark on the movie and comic book world that will not be forgotten. Christopher Nolen has shown the world that if you sit down and do your homework then the results will speak for them-selves. The Dark Knight is nothing but pure escapism as we plunge straight back into a world of darkness and now chaos.
Christian Bale is just a joy to watch and this time round he seems a lot more relaxed with the Batman character and we are allowed to come into the Batman world. Gary Oldman and Aaron Echkart all were a joy to watch and I was waiting to see how they would the two-face character and I was glad to see he was given a better treatment than Venom . But truly the one the only Joker was the one who runs away with the whole show. Unlike Jack Nicolason this Joker is genuinely creepy and his macabre sense of humour is just not funny even to someone like me! The thing to note about this movie is that we get to see some detective work which also reminds us a bit of CSI , this film is something that keeps in tune in spirit of the comic book and just puts Christian Bale on the map, however in my op-ion I hope Heath Ledger finds some peace because he simply was a fright to watch on the screen. A MUST WATCH !
THE DARK KNIGHT - 8.9 OUT OF 10
WHY SO SERIOUS ?