Dark, complex and doomed

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2008)

For obvious reasons, I was a bit skeptical about the hype on Heath Ledger's performance, but after watching The Dark Knight I was totally convinced that it is probably the best performance in a comics adaptation ever and, so far, the best performance of the year.
Heath Ledger's Joker steals all the scenes he is in. He's funny, psychopathic, twisted and incredibly intense.
But it is not fair to only talk about the Joker when The Dark Knight can very well be the best comics adaptation ever, as well. The movie is very well constructed, flowing until the climax. Restless like the hero it portrays, the film never tires you and, although this is the most psychologically complex superhero of comics, it is never too hard to follow nor too simplistic.
Dark and complex, it is an homage to the world of the most enigmatic of all superheros. Long live the Batman.