Wonderful Movie - Bale/Ledger

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2008)

Movie freaks, Fans for Batman, Cristopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Joker (the character), this movie is for you all. The movie was always in the news. Initially for Heath Ledgers death and from then on it was the most awaited movie.
Movie starts with Joker's antiques. Thats where the movie captures you. It has no rules. Heath Ledger as a joker is not only appropriate for the role but he has done the role in a rather unorthodox fashion. Perfect would be an understatement for him. He crawls into the skin of the character with charm and pulls it off with such a ease that you actually feel that that is Heath. Just when you think the battle between good and bad is over the movie comes with surprises from Joker. Its only too sad that he didn't live enough to see his best performance till date Harvey Dent played by Aaron Exkhart takes on the role of DA and later on Two Face with precision. He is the sane guy in the insane world. The real white knight. Rachel Dawes is good as both Harvey's and Batmans love interest.
Finally Batman. Hats off to Christian Bale. I became a die-hard fan of this guy after Prestige, another beautiful film by Chrisotpher Nolan. Christian Bale dons the role of Dark Knight with finesse that a few before him have been able to do. I am surprised everyone here has said so many words about Joker and no one wants to say anything about Christian Bale. He has modulated voice for Batman and uses a separate voice for Bruce Wayne. The synchronization between him and Michael Caine is wonderful to watch. I also read that he gained lot of weight for his previous Batman movie.
For that reason the entire cast. Unlike earlier Batman movies where the negative characters overshadow the entire movie, here all the characters have done more than justice.Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman have performed par excellence. And this movie has some messages which go beyond the batman movie. To say that one character steals the entire movie would be like doing an injustice.
I will eagerly wait for next Batman movie hopefully by Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale.