This movie is arguably the best movie ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2017)

The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather, they're all great films. Largely excepted to be one of the greatest films of all time, and The Dark Knight belongs right there with them. The Dark Knight trilogy as a whole is untouched by the marvel cinematic universe, and The Dark Knight is the untouched movie in the trilogy. This is a superhero movie that redefined Batman and the genre. Personally, growing up watching Batman, I've always wanted a more realistic one compared to Tim Burton's. This was a superhero genre, along with crime and drama. We see the fall of Harvey Dent, and a man who has no care of the world other than to watch it burn. You clearly see the inspirations from the graphic novels like, "The Long Halloween," "Dark Victory," and of course, "The Killing Joke." The irony of Gotham's true hero, Harvey Dent, lived long enough to see himself become the villain. The joker, he pushed everyone to their limits, he wanted to make everyone have just "one bad day" like the Joker in the graphic novel, "The Killing Joke." It is a story of Shakespearean proportion. To those who rate this movie a criminally underrated 1-7, are just joking yourself and clearly trying to die down the hype. Take a rain check, nine years later this movie still best the super hero genre, and it's simply because it is more complex than the genre itself. That is why it belongs as one of the best films ever made. Also, if you're still confused, and argue that Iron Man is better than the Dark Knight because they both have 94% on rotten tomatoes, look more closely. It's average rating is a 7.7/10, while The Dark Knight's average rating of 8.6/10 on rotten tomatoes. Not even The Avengers came close to besting, "The Dark Knight." Deny it all you want, to this day, "The Dark Knight" is a film that is in a league of its own.