This movie can compete with any of the top 10 in the "Top 250"

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2008)

Firstly.. Jesus Christ! I was not expecting that! This movie blew me away.
Lets start basic natural attraction. This movie had realistic action that was still breath taking. Several scenes, including one with The Joker performing a Magic Trick, are spiced with Brutal violence that will leave you screaming "OHH F@#%, YOU GOT OWNED". The Fighting had the same type of realism as The Bourne Series. The Explosions, always jaw dropping. The Driving, Flat out riveting and nail biting. The Intensity of some sequences will leave you speech-less.
The Acting, Oh My. What an incredible cast. Every performance was so believably real and just oozed with passion for the role. Every single actor and actress played their designated role flawlessly. Heath Ledger. . . In God's Honest Truth.. Deserves an Oscar for his role. I am not saying this because of him recently passing away, I'm saying this because he was sick, twisted, and deep in his eyes you could see.. He WAS The Joker. He was beyond amazing, not a soul on earth could have done a better job than him.
Into the depths of this movie. This movie in general in a say on human's natural instinct. It is a insight into the human soul and the primal instincts of everyone. To put a specific scene into view here I'll refer to the Boat Scene.
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In this scene it is the joker stating to Batman that he can bring out the evil in the world. Joker was pulling the evil in people out into plain view. Shattering peoples appearance and their statements on their own morals. By putting their lives on the line. In Simpler view Joker put a gun to a mans head and said "i will kill you unless you kill the man in the chair with a bag over his face." Trying to prove that once humans are rattled and frightened they will let loose there evil and break all rules giving into anarchy and madness, exactly what Joker was striving for. Also in this scene it not only tackles human nature, be two key modern stereotypes. 1: All Convicts are Terrible Murderer's. and the other stereotype 2: View of Convicts from modern citizens. And this scene examines these stereotypes in many ways. When the boats uproar in shouting and screaming, in the heat of the moment, people fighting for the detonator, everyone is ready to blow the other ship. Until people calm down and process the situation, asking themselves if they should take the other peoples lives. This is where the key insight is. That any human in the heat of a moment can make a mistake, but in the human mind all people who can stop and process things, are capable of good, thats is why no one pulled the pin. When not blocked by adrenaline the human mind works wonders and can accept any fate at the cost of what is right and good. People like the Joker cannot do this because they cannot slow down, or make a PLAN. He states that himself whilst talking to Two-Face in the hospital.
Then when Joker see's neither ship explode it is hard for him to accept because he was so sure the people on the boat would act in haste and be quick to blow each other away. Though Good prevailed and he caught that glimpse of hope for Gotham and all of mankind, showing that Good and Right still existed in these unfair, dog-eat-dog, modern times.
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Essentially that is why this movie is so good. Their are many other aspects to this movie as well that make it good, like the music, the filming, the script and much more.
This movie is a Master-Piece in every sense.
10/10 Dark Knight, You knocked me onto my A**.