Good but ...

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2008)

First of all The Dark Knight is a good film and is worth a watch. Yet (imho) lacking a heart or a soul. Nolan does it again, he seemed certain to deliver a worthy action movie and for about half a film almost succeeds, but then succumbs to overload temptation and delivers a messy, overblown epic that resembles two Batman films hastily edited into one. Plus it is way too violent and graphic with knives and gun's for 12A. Plus the story completely focuses on Joker. Well this is maybe a good thing because Heath Ledger (R.I.P.) delivers a great performance, much better than Bale's wooden acting. I am not going to talk about Bale's vocal performance when he wears the Batman suit; awful..
My favourite line was "I can make this pencil disappear..." *slams pencil into other man's face* "...and...it's gone.". This is good humour but that's about it for me.
If you want to see a good dark action movie go see V for Vendetta. It was a much better film in my humble opinion.