Nolan does it again

Rating: 8/10 (8 August 2008)

After the brilliant " The Prestige " and a very good "Batman Begins", Nolan passes another test with "The Dark Knight" The film starts with a bank robbery by some people with clowns masks, who end up shooting each other. Gotham City is frightened by the first act of the Joker out of many. The joker will kill influential people until Batman shows up. And he does..
The film clocks in about 2,5 hours, but it feels like 90 minutes. This is the strength of the "Dark Knight". The story is strong, although there are some minor plot holes here and there, and some parts of the plot (the courtroom scene, and the mafia influence in general)are unnecessary complicated and overdone.
The acting is good, with Ledger stealing the show, because of his good performance, but also because Bale's role and dialog is fairly flat, so it is hard for him to stand out.
Overall a good summer blockbuster, which is terribly over-hyped, presumably because of the death of Ledger. Worth seeing!
8/10 (77/100)