Christopher Nolan please take a bow

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2008)

The Dark Knight
Yes i have watched it four times and still have not got enough of this movie.
The first time, i was so awestruck to even notice anything other than the grandeur and the sinister mood of the movie. The second time i went to watch it for the chase sequence where the Joker is chasing Harvey Dent. It kept on lingering in my mind after the first watch. The scene where the Joker sticks out his head of the police car sums up the perfection of this movie.
The third time, what hit me hard was the characterization of every single person. I think a good movie is the one which makes you go through the same feeling as depicted on the screen.Here we have a gamut of them , chaos,guilt,endurance,sacrifice,faith...in other words a complete exhibition of human emotions and how they face the test of dilemma when such conditions arise. This movie gives you both cerebral and visceral quality. The agent here being Joker. It is really sad that we will not be able to see Heath Ledger in any other movie but i thank god that i was lucky enough to see his masterpiece. "either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain"--A tribute to Heath Ledger.
I cringed for Harvey dent, felt sorry for him, i laughed at the sinister jokes and felt guilty of having done so, I could feel the dilemma of our beloved Batman, and at the end could feel a sigh of relief and resignation to the fact that he is not a hero, he is much more than that.
Each and every character undergoes a change (morally, physically) under the chaos created by Joker (the best depiction of a psychotic Joker -- who at times is a child but a grown up person who likes to fiddle). The greatest fiddler in the history of cinema. Even the disappointment, bewilderment and guilt in the face of Rachel,when she comes to know of Bruce Wayne's decision, has been beautifully captured.
Music is awesome. It gets your heart pumping and racing even if the story does not (which is not possible here). Gotham city looks very much in chaos and the dark sets enhance the dark mood of the movie. Cinematography is excellent. Dialogues have been very carefully written (Jonathan Nolan seems to keep on churning thought provoking dialogs in each and every movie).Especially the monologue that the joker gives to Harvey dent is amazing. "i am like a dog chasing cars, i would not know what to do with it once i caught it"
Lastly Christopher Nolan had you not been the director, this movie would have failed to live up to the expectation after Batman Begins or even surpass it.
To tell you the truth i am being unfair to the beauty of this movie by selecting a few scenes to drive home the point. You will have to see it in order to feel the anarchy , the chaos and the thirst for more of this movie.