The not so dark knight.

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2008)

After all the hype and anticipation surrounding this movie i finally went and saw it last night. I really enjoyed parts of the movie, and the script was very well written.
The performance from Heath Ledger was brilliant and made the movie for me. Bale and Eckhart's acting fall short in comparison. If you look at The dark knight as a pure action movie it's the best of its genre, hands down. But when people start comparing it to the greatest movies in cinematic history i don't follow. I don't get why everyone is calling so very dark? it's no darker then the last batman movie in any sense. It would have been dark if the people on the boats killed each other in the end, but that would have been morally wrong.
The dark knight has surpassed The godfather trilogy and several other greats like Shindlers list and Casablanca on the IMDb rating system by a mile. Doesn't this seem very odd to anyone else? It seems like I'm the only one (or one of a few) to criticize this seemingly wonderful masterpiece. The short answer to why this movie is so successful is because of the amens advertising campaigns and hysterical hype, also the tragic death of Heath Ledger. One could of course debate and argue other reasons, but to me its a top-notch action movie with a great storyline and no more, and that's very far from even being a contender for the greatest movie in cinematic history.