Why I love movies, and how The Dark Knight brought that love back full force

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2008)

I can't remember there has been such a complete movie on Hollywood's A-List for awhile now, and I can't remember when was the last time I saw a movie that I wanted to see over and over and over again and still come back one more time. I thought I was crazy but then all of my friends and family who saw it said the same thing, and I'm talking very different people in every aspect - age, gender, taste in movies, professional/amateur background in history of movies - but all with one thing in common: Adoring Love For That One Beautifully Told Silver Screen Story. And if you add absolute perfection in casting story's key characters and exceptional music score, in my opinion, you'll get The Dark Knight.
Of course The Story is what makes me so especially enchanted with this movie and I'm sure many things have been told/written about the storyline and its perceived actuality. For some that's precisely why they don't appreciate The Dark Knight so much, but that's why I would applaud it. The dialogs expressing characters minds and souls feel real, the fear and the excitement feels real, the rage and revenge feels real, luring wish for (at least temporary) unleashed chaos sure as hell feels real, and all those real feelings you've experienced during 150 min can't be denied. I loved the fact that I almost completely overlooked comic-book side of characters (Anti-Hero Dressed As A Bat, Villain With A Make-up Problem, Hero Turned Two-Face Crazed Vigilante etc.) and totally bought their stories. Every part of the story is on verge of unbelievable yet completely logical and understandable, and in that duality lies the perfection. That's our world as I see it.
There is no pathos as so often happens with movies with big pretensions, only understanding and feeling that everybody have done what they were meant to do - and done that with some truly magnificent vigour.
I am not sure who would be mostly responsible for this experience, so I'll just thank everybody who participated in making truly The Best Movie of 2008 (and in my list one of the best ever)