Both defines and transcends its genre

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2018)

As of this review, the most highly rated superhero film of all time, in fact the fourth highest rated film in general, the best Batman film that will probably ever be made and the one film that has a shot at breaking the superhero genre into the realm of art. The magnum opus of director Christopher Nolan. One my personal favourite films of all time.
So yeah... in short, it's good, it's really good. One of those perfect films where the sheer quality of almost everything there is to be had in a film allow it to transcend its minor flaws into something groundbreaking. No film is truly perfect and without flaws, but for every moviegoer there are those few films that are so good that you don't really acknowledge any of the downsides. Those few films you use to judge all the rest. For me this is one of them.
I also really like that I keep finding new good things in this film. Or rather things that I didn't notice as much. There are of course the obvious good things, like how good Heath Ledger is as the Joker, how good all the actors are, really. There's absolutely no bad or even average performance in this film. But there are countless above average and great things in this film. As I was rewatching this film recently for the dozenth time, I found myself pausing the film and just taking a moment to marvel at the writing. The dialogues in this film are amazing! And I knew that already, of course I did, but this time it for some reason really hit me. And every time I watch this film it's like that. Sometimes it's the dialogue, sometimes it's the characters, or the action or the themes. But it's always something that makes me feel like I'm watching something unique, something important.
No doubt this film is not as life-defining to all people as it is to me. But I doubt there's a person who can deny its quality. Or rather there are those who do, but we have a name for them. We call them liars.