can the guys at IMDb increase the rating stars, as i want to give this movie a solid 100...

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2008)

Its always hard to write for a movie, that has been so well made. First my congratulations and regards to the whole "The Dark Knight" team for making such an exceptionally well movie.
Now, where to begin....hmm...let me see... I will start with the line that The Joker keeps on saying in the movie... "Why so Serious?".... after watching a movie one always feels this happiness inside him/her that he/she has just watched a good movie.... but this movie actually makes you serious... in the sense of thought process that one is bound to have once gotten out of the theaters....
Batman has always been called the caped crusader of justice, and believe me, this movies explains it why he is called so..... the development of the characters, the contrast that they make on each other is shown in such a nice way, that a person actually feels that its not a movie but something real that is going on.... after a long time i have seen someone giving such depth to the movie.... Before this it was the "HULK" the one directed by Ang Lee which portrayed the characters so well....
Batman's concern for the city, his actions to bring justice in Gotham, his belief in Harvey dent and in Gordon who is the only one non-corrupted cop, his tries to do the things in the rightful manners so that he is accepted by the society.... he thing is shown such beautifully. On the other hand Harvey Dents belief in the law and order, his trust in batman and Gordon is something worth noticing... and Gordon's trust in batman that he is one person who is not going to do anything wrong. Each of these factors contrast all the three character to one another. Its so because all of them are fighting for one thing. "JUSTICE".
But this time its not the batman that steals the show. It's The Joker. What one can ask more in a villain. The basic categories that a villain carries are cunning, psychos (in a way), and most of all the amount of oppositeness they portray from the hero. The Joker fulfills them all. But the liveliness to the character is brought by the fabulous acting by heath ledger, who has given on of his best performances ever. The way he has acted, i guess no other would have done it so well. A performance worth being awarded.
Joker is actually in all sense the ultimate villain Batman can ask for, because of the oppositeness he shows to the later.
Further talking about the movie the screenplay and the story are so much intriguing that, one will not know when the time flies by, cause a person gets so much engrossed in the movie, that he will even forget that he has just purchased some pop-corn to eat (actually happened with me and i realized it when half the movie was over. The story has a good flow to it, and also the background score is excellent. I can't really wait for the next sequel in this series to come out.
Ending my review here and not further spoiling the fun.... I would recommend all those who have still not seen the movie, to go and see it and enjoy it as much as they can.