the dark knight

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2016)

Watching The Dark Knight on a big screen is an experience comparable to few other pleasures one can think of immediately. I honestly can't remember the last time I felt this satisfied coming out of a film. What's genius about director Christopher Nolan's latest Batman installment is that it's not only a spectacular comic-book movie, but also one with an intellectual heart. It's not all chases and explosions and action scenes — although there's lots of that — it's also a really smart film about characters with edge and a plot that actually seems to make sense.Christian Bale slips into the bat suit once again to play the Caped Crusader who thinks of hanging up his boots when he becomes impressed with District Attorney Harvey Dent's crime-fighting resolve. But when clown-faced psychopath The Joker shows up, Batman realises retirement is a long time away