One of the most influential films of recent times, let alone all time

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2016)

The Dark Knight is one of the most layered, intriguing, dark, stylish, and impactive movies of the new millennium. The reason the Academy raised the number of films eligible to be nominated for Best Picture, shot Christopher Nolan into super stardom and on the top tier of working directors in Hollywood, and the igniter to the super hero fad genre we see before us today.
With the undoubtedly greatest performance of the past 25 years by Heath Ledger, this film drives off raw energy exerted from Nolan's steady screenplay and performances across the board from a well seasoned cast of perfectly casted characters.
In the 8 years since the film's release on July 18, 2008 (my 11th birthday) the film has become a cult classic in itself albeit that the film grossed over one billion dollars at the time of its release. Back when only a handful of movies had ever broken the one billion dollar mark. Nowadays any given Marvel movie can do that in 9 weekends at the box office.
TDK is the OG of super hero films and hands down one of everyones favorite films. If one hasn't seen this masterpiece, it is way more than a Batman movie. Hell if you ask me i wouldn't even call it Batman, the name itself stands alone from any and ALL Batman films and for good reason.
The most original comic book derived film ever made and the greatest