Very Good

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2013)

It's easy to look at The Dark Knight through a rose-tinted lens. The film is inevitably remembered as one of Heath Ledger's last films, and as such there's a temptation to view it in a romanticised way.
However, looking past that, the film is quite simply very good. Dark and foreboding, filled with tension that makes you sweat. Ledger's Joker is a maniac, Bale's Batman is as moody as ever and put to the test by a villain he can't find, can't predict and seemingly can't stop.
How far are you willing to go to stop something bad? What's the line you don't cross? That's part of this film, a big part.
Aaron Eckhart deserves a lot of credit too- his role as Harvey Dent presents him in a tragic light- what he goes through leaves him becoming the very thing he fought against, and his performance is very good. Overall the film is very strong, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.