Batman.........by Nolan

Rating: 8/10 (24 May 2015)

Christopher Nolan raised quite a few eyebrow when he decided to direct the batman reboot back in 2005, it was risky no doubt. But wasn't memento and following a risk too? Filmmaking was always a double edged sword and great are the ones who survive it despite all odds.
The dark knight is a sequel to the well made 2005 hit batman begins, though nowhere close to Nolan's best, the film had set an somewhat platform for the future movies with Christian bale heartily accepted as batman. The film had set an new sort of an dark atmospheric mood which gelled quite well with batman comics to be honest.
That movie ended with the arrival of joker....and boy does he arrive! The late heath ledger plays the role of batman's arch enemy and effortlessly turns his joker one of the greatest acts of villainy ever committed on a movie screen, while jack Nicholson who played joker in the 1989 Tim Burton movie had a comic tone, ledger played joker with a element of unpredictability, he is a psychopath, a person you never want to get close with, outright disturbing. Bale plays batman/Bruce Wayne with remarkable ease after brilliant turn in the prestige. Gary oldman plays commissioner Gordon well....acting as one of the strongest points in Nolan's Gotham city. Aaron eckhart as Harvey dent has a strong role, a career defining one maybe too...and he plays it with excellence. Michael Caine is brilliant as usual.
The dark knight never feels like a superhero comic book movie, and we have to thank Nolan for that, it is dark, relentless and disturbing. He is to be thanked for changing the dynamics of the genre, and make this movie a path breaker, as he did with memento earlier.
The dark knight should be watched and re-watched for its unusual treatment, Nolan's vision, the man is proving time and time again he is master at his work, and ledger's legendary performance as the antagonist.