The Greatest Superhero Movie EVER MADE... PERIOD

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2009)

When you think of superhero movies nowadays, most people would mention a Marvel Studio's flick given the sheer amount of characters they've been bringing to the Big Screen, Spiderman (3 times), Blade (3 times), the Hulk (twice), X-Men (3 times), no to mention the soon to come in Thor, Ant Man, and the Avengers.
DC hasn't been as fortunate... Catwoman was a complete flop, Superman wasn't completely fulfilling, and even Batman Begins, while it was a great movie overall it never got the respect it deserved.
Enter "The Dark Knight". From the very first millisecond your eyes glance the WB logo, you just simply can't take them off the screen. Beginning with what would arguably be the greatest bank robbery ever pulled off, to everything in the middle filled with great conversations and dialogue and non-stop action, to arguably the greatest and most anticipation building, cliffhanger endings you've ever seen.
Heath Ledger is obviously the highlight, you can clearly see where the dedication to the last years of his life went, and it's a shame that we lost someone who was potentially one of the greatest to ever perform... but everyone knows this already. What you don't hear about are the more than exceptional performances given by Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Aaron Eckhart. Bale is great, don't get me wrong.
The only things negative I have to say about this film is Maggie Gyllenhaal's mediocre yet tolerable performance (she makes you miss Katie Holmes A lot though), and Bale's horrible growling Batman voice... which he didn't do in Batman Begins? The latter point was obviously avoidable, and Katie Holmes was probably too caught up in the craziness of Tom Cruise, because there is no other way I'd have seen her turn this film down.
All in all, this film is quite simply a masterpiece, it's so damn good you commonly forget your even WATCHING A SUPERHERO FILM. You in no way have to like action or hero movies in ANY way to LOVE this film. THIS IS WHAT FILM IS ALL ABOUT!