Christopher Nolan's Hollywood perfectionism

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2019)

"The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan and co-written with his brother Jonathan, is the second installment of three in Nolan's Batman adaptation, and revolves around the havoc-wreaking Joker and the chaos he subdues Gotham in. For obvious reasons, it was a big experience for me to watch back in 2008 on the silver screen.
Basically, "The Dark Knight" holds grand cinematic value for numerous reasons. Excellent direction and screenplay the Nolan brothers, sublime performances by Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and in particular Heath Ledger (what left is there to be said), beautiful editing and cinematography, haunting score by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - the list goes on.
"The Dark Knight" is both a beautiful, fast-paced, effective action film, and at the same time a film with character depth, serious narratives, and drama. It is a big achievement for Hollywood, and absolutely gorgeous in every aspect, compared with most of what emerges from there.