A good film but not the best

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2008)

I think the Dark Knight is a good film but not the greatest film ever made. It has some good action scenes and the stunts are amazing but the film it is also over long, the story and dialogue droops and maybe the film could have lost action sequences. The acting is good all round. I think Heath Ledger was very clever in the way he performed the Joker. Bale is great when he is Bruce Wayne but when he becomes batman his performance becomes a bit force, I think I probably find the way he talks when he is batman a bit over the top. For me my favourite performance and the hardest to pull off by far was Aaron Eckhart who was great in the role of Harvey Dent and Two Face.
The cinematography is very good and most of the time the editing worked. I was not a huge fan of the score in the original film and I can't really say that I found it that great this time.
Over all I think that Christopher Nolan has done a good job with the sequel with some great touches. The film isn't perfect but is a general success.