The Thinking Person's Blockbuster

Rating: 8/10 (2 August 2008)

It's been said that in "The Dark Knight" the forces of darkness spent as much time behind the camera as they did in front of it. Well, fair enough. Christopher Nolan doesn't direct light romantic comedies. If you're looking for a standard comic book franchise movie, there's loads of thinly-veiled toy adverts out there. "The Dark Knight", however, follows the graphic novel trend of the 80's & 90's, catering for a sophisticated adult audience. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to sit through a 2-hour toy advert (even "SpiderMan 3") and walk out humming the theme tune, but I've reached a stage in life where I also like to be treated as an adult rather than a source of revenue when I go to the cinema.