Thank You Nolan

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 2008)

Wow, so much more then you typical superhero movie, in fact easily the best superhero movie ever made. I have to wonder why it has taken this long for someone like Christopher Nolan to come along and take these characters seriously and treat them as if they are real people. I can do nothing but thank Nolan for raising the bar in this genre, I would hope more will now follow his example. The only problem with that is I can't imagine anyone doing anything close to as good or better then The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan in my opinion has the only one who even has a chance to top this work. There are no words describe how spot on perfect Heath Ledger's Joker is, he completely embodies the character and takes him to a level neither him or the character have reached before. I was surprised to find the Ledger's performance didn't completely out shine the rest of the cast. Sure every Joker scene is amazing and your always left wanting more but the rest of the cast is awesome. Aaron Eckhart, Christian Bale and Gary Oldman are perfect, they play off each other amazingly and are the heart and soul of this film. Michael Caine & Morgan Freeman get more to do this time around and deliver some of the films most important lines. Maggie Gyllenhaal should have been cast as Rachel Dawes in the first place, Katie Holmes was a sore thumb that stood out in the all-star cast of Batman Begins. The special effects were amazing but more so because of the way they are blended into the film and feel less like "special effect scenes" and more like necessities to the story. The music by the master Hans Zimmer is even better then the Batman Begins and that's saying something, there is simply said and epic feel or should I say sound to it. At a 2 hour and 45 min runtime it still was not long enough for me and just when I thought I had seen the best this film had to offer the last scenes and the overlaid speech, brought an amazing ending to this amazing film.