Greatest Batman film, greatest film period

Rating: 9/10 (18 July 2008)

Batman Begins took a franchise and remade itself into one of the greatest examples of how powerful comic-book movie adaptations can be, especially when done right. The Dark Knight takes everything the first film does and cranks it up to 11. Even with a runtime of 2 and a half hours or so you feel like you want it to keep going just a little longer, thanks in part to the 3 main characters of the show, Bale, Ledger, and Eckhart. And although The Joker really stole the show, each character made their appearance known and tied the whole movie together well (the batman and joker scenes alone were well worth admission price). However this film does move away from the 'realism' of the first film a bit, but overall nothing that would cause any negative view of the movie. Overall just an outstanding film that has my crying for more and more.