'Why so serious?' - because this movie isn't like other comic adaptations

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2008)

I watched 'Batman Begins' and gave it ten stars out of ten. I watched 'The Dark Knight' and what am I supposed to do now? I can't add any stars to the rating system... This movie is breath-taking, brilliant, absorbing... just add all the other positive adjectives that come to your mind! A good two and a half hours of excellent film-making in which every second is placed as perfectly as it can be! The cast: awesome! Bale, Ledger, Caine, Freeman, Eckhart, Oldman, Gyllenhaal... The plot: superb! Not just an ordinary action-movie with endless sequences of explosions, brawls and shootings but thoughtful moments of incredibly fast events taking turns with subtle, extremely sinister situations, so perfectly combined that you are in serious danger of forgetting to breathe... The atmosphere is as dark as the title forebodes and you can virtually feel the terror the Joker spreads in Gotham City - by the way: the Joker is probably the best villain in a movie I have ever seen in my life and I take my hat before Mr. Ledger and thank him for having us left such a bombastic piece of acting as his legacy! Back to the movie: breathe out in the moments of (nonetheless)captivating silence, think about what happened - because the movie wants you to and that's what adds to his special status - and be prepared for the next wonderful sequence to come; the film is full of it and it has earned my personal 'Movie of the Year'-Award! I seriously doubt anything better can happen to the audience this year... and maybe next... and maybe... ;) 10+x/10