"Citizen Kane" of superhero cinema

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2019)

The true "Citizen Kane" of superhero cinema. The Dark Knight is a phenomenal movie in every sense of the term. Not at any point does the film lose momentum. It keeps you clenching tight to the edge of your seat the whole way through while still remaining thought provoking and incredibly psychological. The film accomplishes this mainly through two mediums: Nolan's masterful directorial vision (of a crime drama first and a batman movie second) and one of the greatest performances of all time by Heath Ledger. In the same way Citizen Kane paved the way for film to be viewed as an art form, The Dark Knight paved the road for superhero movies to be taken seriously, and the nerd community is forever indebted to it.