Christopher Nolan is simply an agent of perfection in superhero filmmaking

Rating: 10/10 (29 August 2013)

I come from a region where commercial movies have been so dominant over the years that most people now judge films on how good the item songs were. Even in Hollywood, the film industry has for long been dominated by cheap parlor tricks and flicks. To see a movie of such utter artistry, class and creativity has thus been long awaited for me.
This is a superhero fiction which seems real, to say the least. Unlike most movies of its genre, The Dark Knight does not end in a 'fistfight' between the hero and the villain but turns into a battle between the dual nature of mankind. Every camera angle, every single word of each character, every beat of the background music, every expression of each actor, every twist in the storyline speaks on its own. The storyline is spectacular. Right from the first scene, the movie focuses on the brutality of the joker, the simple joy he feels by bringing about chaos and destruction. The joker will forever be the greatest villain of all time. He is a man of mysterious background, questionable character and by his own accord, an agent of chaos.
The acting, direction and screenplay of this movie is pure artistry. Christopher Nolan does not rely on high tech special effects but exhibits a high degree of intelligence on each of his films. Christian Bale has been very rightly referred to as the real Batman, by many. And spare a thought for the great Heath Ledger who played out each scene while playing the highly complex role of the joker to absolute and absolute perfection. The Dark knight, is, by its own right, the Everest of superhero films