Super heroics...

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2008)

A lifelong fan of "the Bat-man," I must admit that (like other "lifers") I've had occasion over the years to grind my molars in frustration. 1989 changed everything- for a brief while. Tim Burton and Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito showed the way. Then came two questionable entries in the series and fans found themselves, once more, on less sturdy terra firma. Those of us who had suffered through the limp-wristed television series experienced the eerie deja vu that comes from reliving an accident over and over. Limbo followed. The Big Screen remained dark. And silent. And then a faint light appeared at the end of that long, dark tunnel. The "franchise" was resurrected. While the operation was a success, the patient wasn't looking very well. Movement was slow, sometimes downright cumbersome. But there were signs of life. Hope. And now, finally, fanboys can unite in fanjoy. THE DARK KNIGHT, while a bit long (two and a half hours), boasts some of the greatest action yet in a Big Screen superhero story. That in itself is enough to recommend it. Never mind the simply spectacular look of the film, or the true to the very marrow performances all around or the surehanded direction. A ten on a scale of one to. Fanboys rejoice.