A great story no matter what medium we are talking about!

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2013)

As a longtime fan of the Batman saga, I've enjoyed the character in several media, not just his comic book origins, which I must add is how I fell in love with the character. With that said though, Christopher Nolan in his second directorial outing with the Caped Crusader does not disappoint. What makes this film and the other two entries in the The Dark Knight Trilogy great, is that you don't have to be a hardcore comic book reader to appreciate and enjoy this story. The themes that began in Batman Begins with the idea of escalation, i.e. Bruce Wayne's answer to criminal activity is to take on a role of vigilantism. In turn, that introduces a criminal threat with just as heavy of a theatricality in The Joker. Going into this story, I approached it as a movie fan first and a comic book fan second. Since a different approach goes into translating these characters to the cinematic world. Themes of nihilism, greed and sacrifice run throughout this movie. With homages to past comic book stories, The Dark Knight delivers on so many levels. Along with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises, I enjoy watching these films from start to finish time and again. With acting talent the caliber of Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and of course, Heath Ledger whose posthumous turn as the iconic Joker led to a much deserved Oscar win. This movie proved that the source material of comic books can make for just as compelling a movie as any other storytelling medium. As a fan of both the previous series of movies and other Batman related stories, I easily put the story for The Dark Knight in my top ten Batman tales ever.