Excelency in Film Making and Heath Ledger

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2010)

Let's make this short: what a brilliant piece of art. I would say that the majority of people who went to see this movie was never expecting something like what they got by the end of the projection. It is true that Christopher Nolan is one of the finest film makers of the last decade not having a single stain on his curriculum, but make a masterpiece of a superhero movie, is just an outstanding achievement. Throughout the movie history we have been offered with some superb movies which will be remarkable on their achievements for a long, long time... and we would be talking about films like "The Godfather", "Schindler's List", "On The Waterfront", "The Hustler" amongst so many other, that stood out from the crowd by being a reflection of a fantastic work done by their creators and the actors. And to tell you the truth, and being conscious about the fact that we can't compare "The Dark Night" with "Apocalypse Now" or "Raging Bull", we have to give a standing ovation to Nolan's work. It is classic on some may aspects of its making and at the same time its a very complex and believe work for an action/superhero movie. The cinematography and the musical score are perfect, the script is phenomenal and of course, and we are getting to the core of this review, the cast is fantastic. The actors have not fault anywhere (although I think in Christian Bale's performance we can point some overacting), but Heath Ledger delivers a performance of a lifetime, and it was the performance of his lifetime, unfortunately. This severe disturbed anarchist is miles away from the clown portrayed by Jack Nicholson back in 1989. Everything about Ledger's performance is amazing and a magnificent achievement in acting - The Academy Award was much deserved. Obviously Heath Ledger was no Marlon Brando or Paul Newman, but now we cans top a think that he could have been someone like those two great actors. His role as Ennis del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" was absolutely fantastic, but his job as the Joker was unbelievable. It was really a shame that this movie couldn't get a nomination for Best Picture... it really was.