Finally! a good Batman movie

Rating: 9/10 (28 September 2008)

I am tired. I really am. I've seen countless movies, lately with all kinds of silly dressed "super"-heroes incredibly shiny, unbelievably lucky, ridiculously mannered, pathetically one-dimensional. Well, The Dark Knight features nothing like this. It almost felt real (if it weren't for the ludicrous scale of destruction in it) and it championed real emotions of frustration, anger, righteousness.
It wouldn't have been possible without the actors, though. A film of complex emotions needs complex actors. Just look at that cast! And for a very long time, good actors played good roles, not just appearing to get people into cinema seats. Not to mention that it was a retelling of a story that was told a many a time before and it was original, powerful, meaningful!
Bottom line: a meaningful film! A film with meaning! I don't know how to repeat it so it sticks: this was the real thing, a movie like they should be, even if (for me at least) the subject was not the greatest ever. But movies with far more serious subjects than black caper heroes show not a bit of the consideration shown by the makers of Batman - The Dark Knight for the viewers. Congratulations!