A masterpiece...

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2015)

Many of us movie-lovers watch a lot of movies. Some times, it turns out to be a disappointing experience. Most of the time, we like the movie, but forget it after a few days. However, there are those rare moments when you watch what is called a masterpiece, and it sticks in your mind for your entire life. This review is about one of these. This review is about Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight is the sequel of the very good Batman Begins, the first movie of The Dark Knight trilogy. It is a masterpiece because I think it will change how movies in general will be made in the future.
Its dark and claustrophobic tone fits perfectly to a Batman movie. The Dark Knight shows that the tone of a movie influences the viewers experience. Throughout the entire movie, we feel that the main character is not totally in control, that it's an all new and different challenge for him and that he doesn't know how to handle it. And that brings me to talk about the Joker. Of course everybody knows the Joker, how he looks, how he is, etc. We even know how he acts because of the great performance Jack Nicholson pulled in Tim Burton's Batman. Actually, everybody had that performance in mind when they started the movie and that is also the reason why Heath Ledger's performance is so astounding. He brings the character to an all new level and in a completely different direction, but still in a very believable and accurate way (in my own opinion, he nailed the character even more then Nicholson did). Ledger made the Joker so crazy but so right about everything at the same time. Even if he is a psychopath, we understand his motives. It is so sad that Ledger died before the film's release and that he couldn't see all the impact his performance had on the film industry (personnaly the greatest performance I have ever seen by an actor). Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Maggie Gyllenhaal also all gave incredible performances. The plot of the movie is also very interesting and refreshing, leaving behind the classic three acts structure. The score of the movie, composed by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, is perfect, very good and very appropriate. The movie itself also looks very good and has a great cinematography. Nolan directed this movie in the best way possibly imaginable.
To conclude, the movie is possibly one of the greatest I have ever seen if not the greatest because of the mind-blowing acting, the great score and the perfect directing. The movie is also great looking. It's the perfect batman movie, with it's most iconic villain and, in my own opinion, couldn't be better.