Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na! Dark Kniiiiiiight!

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 2013)

The Dark Knight, the second installment of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Box office skyrocketed, audiences worshiped it and critics gave it countless gold stars; it was easily considered the best of the Batman films.
Bruce Wayne/Batman, played by Christian Bale, is a superhero who joins forces with Gotham City Officer Jim Gordon, played Gary Oldman, and District Attorney Harvey Dent, played by Aaron Eckhart, to fight the underworld mob leaders, who are under control of the maniacal terrorist, The Joker-- played by the late Heath Ledger.
The plot seems simple, no? The Dark Knight is basically a series of events. While it's mostly events after events, they do flow nicely and fall into place for the next action for the characters to partake in. And most of all, you do want to know the outcome of the entire experience. It's also a tragedy story at best, especially for the character of Harvey Dent. After the entire left side of his face his burnt, the part where he screams in agony of his transformation after losing everything he loved, but all you hear is one musical note that gets uncomfortably louder.
The Joker is cool, but at times, I think he was too serious. I know that "well, that's how The Joker is". But, The Joker is supposed to be funny at times too. I only giggled a few times, but to be fair, he was terrifying. As The Joker should be anyway. I just thought they went a little too overboard of him being just a mass murderer.
My biggest problem with the movie? The dialogue. It's nice and stuff, but it sounds like something you'd hear in speeches. They don't sound like realistic words, they sound like speeches. "Batman stands for something more important"/"You either die a hero or you live long to see yourself become the villain"/"Your stand against organized crime is the first legitimate ray of light in Gotham in decades"/"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now."
I know they sound like adult choices of words, but there's a difference between realistic words and speeches. And whenever there's a "speechy moment" it's usually how Batman is noble or the importance of the characters and it's like every five minutes. The thing is, we already KNOW the importance of the characters, their needs and motivations. You don't need to give speeches about them, just let their actions speak for themselves and have them talk like normal people instead of talking about the situation.
Aside from that, the movie is just great. The action is great too. There's no crazy jump cuts and the shaky cam is used to a minimum, which is pretty rare you see in movies today. When you get past the preachy-ness, The Dark Knight is a great Batman film to watch and such a good action flick to entertain yourself with. See it and you won't be disappointed.