more than a simple "comic book" movie.

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2008)

Christopher Nolan has created a monster in "The Dark Knight". With this film, he has set the bar so high for comic book movies, that i doubt anyone else will be able to touch it for a very long time. Him and his brother, Johnathon Nolan, have crafted something special that not only goes beyond the label that this particular type of movie is given, but breaks the walls into a totally different genre all together. Of course the story on everyone's lips is the tragedy of heath ledger. Now while i agree that ledgers final performance was quite possibly the best of the year, there is SO much more to this film. It plays like a well crafted crime drama on par with some of the best of all time. This film runs with a extremely swift 152 min run time, and amazingly, has no fat to speak of. Every story line running thru this film is so tightly wound around each other, that the logical conclusion of every situation is allowed to play out under its own momentum. And the films conclusion is so well done and so satisfying, that i did not feel the stomach pains that come with the need to see what will happen in the next movie. but i will be waiting patiently for the inevitable next chapter in this amazing crime saga.