A masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2018)

Truly one of the best (if not the best film) I've ever watched in my life. Its thrilling, engaging and suspenseful; with excellent directing and terrific performances.
In my opinion, this is Christopher Nolan's best film. It is simply amazing.
The characters are all well performed and driven, with clear and understandable motives, especially Heath Ledger's Joker. Truly one of a kind with his groundbreaking performance, stealing the entire show whenever he's behind the camera. Christian Bale does a great job as The Caped Crusader once again, bringing his character to newer, elevated levels from its predecessor. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent is powerful, bringing the really threatening aspect of the character on screen. Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon delivers as the gritty, hard-boiled detective once again. However in the end, its the Joker that really takes home the win for this film. His character is just mesmerising. His actions, performance, motives and purpose are all simply unique and astonishing.
Christopher Nolan once again delivers (as usual, this man is simply too good) with a film excellently written and directed.
Hanz Zimmer's score is terrific, striking out when its supposed to and setting the tone for each scene.
Although this movie is a "superhero" film (because yes there's Batman), its really not. Its a crime film. Its grounded, tenacious and mature. It handles themes beyond the superhero genre. In this movie, if Batman is replaced with a character with some fancy technology, martial arts and Batman's values, the film would be exactly the same. There is no happy ending where the hero saves the day and gets the girl. Nolan brings Batman to real life in this film as it is so well fleshed out and realised.
Overall, The Dark Knight is just spectacular. I've never seen a film so well performed and directed. Its realistic, iconic and truly masterful.