Simply Brilliant - Christopher Nolan's Best

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2010)

*This review does contain spoilers!
The Dark Knight is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen. It has fantastic visuals, lots of action, powerful acting, detailed characters, a strong cast, and knives. Lots and lots of knives. Allow me to break things down and go into further details.
To begin, this is Christopher Nolan (known for The Prestige) everybody. He's become one of the most recognized faces in cinema. He's a fantastic and dexterous director. His skill in the field has expanded the movie industry in numbers I can't describe. From my perspective, Christopher Nolan is inches away from becoming the next Stanley Kubrick - with all the visuals, enhanced camera work etc., he's a pioneer. And his work in this film is superb. I kept begging for more. I felt like a baby and he had been nurturing me with the sweet goodness of his cinematic genius. I'm going to need to find more adjectives to describe this guy.
What about Batman? The Dark Knight? The Caped Crusader? Bruce Wayne? Well, the actor Christian Bale (also known for The Prestige) did a fantastic job portraying this role. Yes, they could've done a better job with the whole scratchy disguise voice but, once you get past that you see how wonderful this actor can be.
Of course, it's The Joker who stole the show. Heath Ledger (known for Brokeback Mountain) got a well deserved Academy Award for this film, but I really wish he had been alive to get it. I really wanted to see more from this guy. As an actor, he's been getting a lot of B.S., especially for Brokeback Mountain. That was a very good movie and it doesn't deserve any of the hate it gets. The point is, Heath Ledger did what I thought no man could ever do and that is be more crazy than Jack Nicholson (known for Batman). I had originally thought of ol' Jack to be the best Joker but in 2008 I realized how wrong I was. This movie owes everything to Heath. This movie, in turn, has made him both one of my favorite actors and characters. The character alone is brilliant. The way he uses practical jokes as weapons is both scary and fun. I could talk about this character for hours upon hours but, this review must continue.
The suspense an action are great. The way they bring the supporting cast into it is fantastic. My favorite scene is when Bruce Wayne has to choose who to save from the Joker's trap: Harvey Dent and Rachel. He saves Dent because he doesn't want his personal feelings to get in the way or else it will cause suspicion about the connection Bruce had with Rachel but, this left Dent scarred for the rest of his life. This led the Joker into transforming Dent psychologically into another criminal.
Everybody should check this movie out. It's got a great story, excellent cast and is quite frankly --- flawless. I'm running out of words to describe this film. Just watch it, my rating is obviously a 10/10.