Good but not perfect.

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2008)

I went to this movie expecting...well nothing really. I'm not a big fan of Batman but only went to see this movie because of all the hype. And to be honest, I think the hype in this case really put this movie at an undeserved #1 spot on IMDb. As far as the story goes etc, I won't discuss that deeply as many others have done that before. I liked it. I really liked it a lot. OK, so the first 30 minutes its hard to keep track of everything because of these little 2 minute scenes and constant switches to different characters. And in the end, things get a bit predictable and boring. However, the predictability isn't that bad, it actually works fine. But come on, if I (who hasn't read a single Batman comic, and hasn't seen a single TV show or whatever) can predict Harvey becoming Two-Face then that says enough about how the story progresses. The last 30 minutes aren't that good too. As far as I'm concerned, this is where the story loses its realistic feel. Hacking into all cellphones? The lame CGI use when Batman uses his special view, and just cheap special effects on Two-Face kinda spoiled it for me at this point.
But that's all that I can say was bad about this movie. The camera-work is perfect. From being just normal most of the time, to absolutely frantic when Joker is on the screen, this is excellent filming. Joker truly is the star of this movie. I've never seen a character quite like him on screen. Every little thing he does fits him perfectly. His real strength lies in how he is just here to cause chaos without a motive.
All in all The Dark Knight is 2008's best movie. I didn't feel really bored any second, apart from the unnecessary inclusion of Two-Face and his finale in my opinion. In the end, this movie is the perfect example how just normal action/comic movies can be much, much better than the current standard, but it can not compete with almost every movie in the top 10 on this site.