Just your everyday action movie with a tinch of "Art" to get you thinking...

Rating: 7/10 (7 February 2009)

To be honest...I fell as though I'm he only real critic reviewing this movie. People are making it sound like its the holy grail of all superhero movies. If your critical about movies and are looking for some technical and literary masterpiece than i hate to say it, but this isn't the right movie.
This movie has completely outrageous action scenes, great affects, and a standard plot, which holds it back, and il explain why.
The Dark Night does very little to make this movie different from your average "blow-em-up" superhero movie. The Joker is portrayed as a psychotic criminal who "appears" to be extremely unstable. The joker is an excellent character in this movie because they show a side of the joker that was never shown in the previous movie with Jack Nicholson. It's almost like the joker was separated from his jokester side and he finally embraced that psychotic unpredictable villain we always knew was there.
This movie is different for 2 reasons which makes it stand out just a bit.
First, Heath Ledger is remarkable in his roll as the joker, and this movie really makes the joker a psychotic genius that will always make you think twice.
Second, The Dark Knight really has one main theme, and thats "what really makes a hero?" The dark knight touches up on that question pretty well, and it leaves room for you to state your own opinion.
now, other than that... the acting was "good" the action was crazy, but nothing a 6 year old wouldn't think of, and two face wasn't thought out at all.
And can someone tell me how 2 face survived that car accident? i mean please, that was just stupid.
bottom line is, this is your average action movie. You cant help feeling that the joker is the only thing that captures you the whole movie. I was hoping this movie would do for action movies what 28 days later did for zombie movies, but sadly it doesn't. The dark knight doesn't make it as "masterpiece" or a "work of art" its simply a superhero movie with some interesting characters and a theme that gets you thinking, nothing more.