"If you're good at something, never do it for free"

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2019)

Directed by Christopher Nolan
So in terms of great comic books, for me THE DARK KNIGHT isn't above Marvel quality. And it's a piece of great cinema. I rate this movie 8.5 out of 10. The follow-up to "Batman Begins", I was able to follow the film just fine and in the sequel, we see Batman (Christian Bale) form an alliance with District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) and Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) to stop The Joker (Heath Ledger), who plans to plunge Gotham into anarchy and chaos.
Bale is such a great Bruce Wayne in the movie and Eckhart does such an outstanding job. It was interesting to see Bruce interact with his butlers Alfred (Michael Caine) and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman). Did I miss anything?
Well, there is also Heath Ledger as Joker (the best character from the movie). The Joker is really intimidating in this film and does that little quote from above. His plan is to break the hero's spirit, and to see if Batman can break his No. 1 rule by destroying the person he loves most. The movie also tells the theme of chaos, which Joker of course seems to plot (well he doesn't actually plan anything, and he himself says that he is rather an "agent of chaos") with the whole thing that a city can be broken. It shows that Batman is as broken as Joker himself, that perhaps vigilantism isn't truly what shows heroism and justice. It shows that even the nicest person can actually be corrupted in the worst way possible. It shows that nobody is "born right" or anything like that, it's that one person follows the path and keeps following it. While Batman follows the path of justice, Joker follows the path of chaos.
However this movie isn't exactly perfect. Harvey Dent was a nice character but turning him into Two Face was a little rushed, and they should've went with it in the third movie like originally planned, Rachel is rather a weak character, and the only good action scene in the movie was the truck flip and the rest were terribly choreographed. The scene with Joker attacking the party was too short and Batman left too early, and a bit of a more minor complaint is that Batman's voice is very odd.
Dark Knight is engaging, unpredictable. The ending made me want to see The Dark Knight Rises, which turned out to be rather a disappointment, but this film is good on it's own.