It Put A Smile On My Face

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2008)

People thought that even after Begins that The Batman franchise couldn't be pushed any further well this exceeds all the other Batman films and the Hero genre and its franchises for that matter. Burtons work was visually stunning with a good list of actors, however it lacked the realism down to earth sensibilities and intensity that Christopher Nolan's film offers. Characters with versatile down to earth characteristics that all feel unsatisfied with the situations around them either from an protagonist or antagonistic perspective. Most of the characters come from the perspective of hope for the City of Gotham to become a safer more accessible place.
Christian Bale reprises his role as a fully formed Batman who hopes to retire his alter-ego. To do this he has hopes in a hero without a mask that of Aaron Eckhart Harvey Dent. Who is a supposedly fearless and incorruptible man who is cleaning up the Gotham city in ways its never seen in a long time. That is until Heath Ledgers legendary role as fully formed non-compassionate emotionless psychopathic purely evil brutal Joker. In the past the joker has been depicted as a villainous notorious social pariah with a sense of sanity. This Joker is someone who has no ambitious goal just wanting to commit chaos. His presence provides a sense of dark humor that the audience can enjoy through how he manipulates and takes control of everything.
This film is a portrayal of depicting a good vs. evil scenario similar to J.R. Tolkens idea in Lord of The Rings. This film has a thick plot dark presence like Batman should truly be, not some Comic Book cliché that appeals to children like Joel Schumachers work, but something with deep material and believable characters. I think this film is one of the best films of the decade and will probably be nominated if not than the Oscars are ignoring one of Hollywoods biggest film powerhouses.