Definitely worthwhile

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2008)

The Dark Knight has been the most eagerly awaited summer blockbuster of 2008. After the phenomenal success of Batman Begins, the announcement of a sequel has had Batman fans on the grip. Then the hype exponentially increased after Heath Ledger's untimely passing back in January. Now with the movie finally released it seems to have lived to the hype with all the great reviews and all the box office records being broken.
I was rather astonished when the Dark Knight reached number 1 on the IMDb Top 250 list. To be honest this is not one of the best movies I have seen. Nevertheless it is still a great movie. There is a good storyline. There are some intense moments. Of course credit has to go to the late Heath Ledger for his role as the Joker. The ending also allowed way for a third movie to be made. I was however not that impressed with the action in the movie.
It seems that The Dark Knight has done the job it has been expected to do and has created a landmark in movie history together with The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption and other classic movies.