The Dark Knight Rules!!!

Rating: 9/10 (20 October 2008)

We all have heard praises from this latest installment of Nolan's cape crusader..But is it lived up to it's expectation?..Words such as vigorous , groundbreaking , gripping or maybe even monumental..has been used to describe it...so.? Fortunately the answer is hell yeah...!! From the opening scene of bank heist we all discover this new reboot franchises has more to offer than colorful monotone of powerful CGI and easy to predict plot. Nolan's dark knight has created an atmosphere where it seems reality and Gotham just a sea apart..he even bring it closer when deciding to use Hong Kong to prove Batman can easily cross anywhere to proved his limitless boundaries...Apart from amazing cinematography and gloomy blue tone under the scene..Gotham seems to have it's own breath and audiences like us will easily recognized the all too similar corrupted world. So the next question remain..? Is it better than the predecessor 'Batman Begins'..? And the answer of that is YES too. With Batman Begins Nolan build a basic characterization through Bruce Wayne who seems naturally followed his instinct to uphold justice by wearing a mask..but in dark knight batman discovered that he can't forever became vigilante..He need a legal substitute to bring justice without jumping off rooftops. There where the Ace in the holes DA Harvey Dent appeared.
Together with Gordon they seems to able to bring Gotham back on right track.
But like any superheroes there will be villains to challenge that ideology...Hence the Joker is chose to proved that point.The plot of The Dark Knight revolved around Joker as the main force to hold all strings together so this part is definitely a challenging and demanding. This Joker creates the chaos that even Batman been test to it's limit for what he stands for really worth it? The Batman we knew would never broke his rules but The Joker will proved his point that anybody just as bad as him by putting Batman in dilemma choices that fighting Ral Al Ghul's seems a stroll in the park. But then again that what nemesis do...don't they? The Joker makes us ask ourselves is Batman really a crime fighter or he's just a freak that got the means to differ. How about if Bruce Wayne is penniless? Now that should be interesting. Christian Bale done a great job portraying Bruce Wayne aka Batman, The rest of the cast such as Gary Oldman as Liutenant Gordon , Michael Caine as Alfred all seems to fit it's character rather smoothly...it just the butler Alfred part had been reduced to balancing other parts this time around. Aaron Eckhart also done a brilliant job as Harvey Dent with enough anguish and despair when a human been pushed by madness. The weak part is Maggie Gyllenhaal who portray Rachel replacing Ms. Cruise , it's not she's bad..It's just her part doesn't glorify in certain ways , it's decent though. And the late Mr. Heath Ledger as The menacing Joker..well, i am totally lost of words simply to put just how GOOD he is. It's looks like a 2 man apart from what he is in normal life..this is definitive Joker!! And for those who doubted Heath can surpass Nicholson's Joker..yeah he did not.. He brought to another level far enough that it will be seems unfair to compare any villains to it..It's THAT GOOD!!! He didn't Act..he immersed totally into The Joker..trademark laugh , grinning smiles, smacking lips and voice changeover..even the way he walk and stare. Apart from all the technical achievement mentioned before..The score for this movie is magnificent and really heart thumping...Especially the one note theme every time Joker appears , Hans Zimmer really being top of his game this time, where James Howard create more of emotional score for Harvey's part. The Dark Knight not just cementing as a movie where pop entertainment of superheroes can mix with superb storyline in realistic approach..It's also proved that with good plot and great acting..superheroes wasn't really need a lot of CGI action to reek cash, With 520 m in America alone and still counting..we can be sure the realistic theme of this reboot would soon be followed by more comic-movies clone next time around. But it isn't really without flaws..The 2:30 more length of the movie has a lot of sub plot and details that it would seems impossible to knew everything for the first viewing. Now u know the reasons for the flooding box-office... And because of the PG 13 rated , a lot of more violent and gory scenes would be diminished , but after you watch it u would left in wonder how this would pass for PG 13?? Cause every scene involving Joker is sure provocative enough to bring extreme violence into our minds. Hmm..another reason for the 500+m??
Tha Batman always keep us fans shrouded in some kinds of mystery of how Bruce really felt and care..A lonely soul where his sole purpose alone is justice but in the world where that word became undefined...always left confused between right and wrong. That is the depth this film managed to capture, and the depth we need to contemplate with in our society too. In the end Batman is just a human striving to doing his best even no one knows..that's what real superheroes do..like the heroes we all kept in our hearts. Never hope to get something in return.
Then again this time we must thanks Nolan for creating this masterpiece for us...As Batman said that we don't have to thank him...But for Nolan...we certainly are.
Jardeus.