Probably my favourite movie ever, fantastic in every way

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2012)

The Dark Knight is the long awaited sequel to 2005's critically acclaimed Batman Begins and the second part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. It stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman who reprise their role from Batman Begins. New to the cast are Maggie Gyllenhaal, replacing Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Aaron Eckhart as Gotham's ambitious new DA Harvey Dent and Heath Ledger as infamous Batman villain The Joker.
The premise of this movie is that Batman and Lieutenant Jim Gordon, one of the city's few in-corrupt cops are trying to take down the Mob with the help of Harvey Dent, Gotham's White Knight. However, while focusing on bringing The Mob down, a new threat emerges; a mysterious and sadistic criminal known as the Joker. The Joker starts a killing rampage, sending all of Gotham into chaos.
Batman Begins was great but The Dark Knight is better in every way. The acting is still great, with Gyllenhaal an improvement on Holmes, and Heath Ledger's Joker is the best performance I have ever seen. Watch this and try to find a better performance. Ledger is absolutely perfect for The Joker. The plot is brilliant and really interesting; you can really get into the story and the tough mission that the trio of Batman, Gordon and Dent face. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's score is terrific, even better than the amazing score for the first film. The dialogue is also awesome, there are some lines said by The Joker that you really want to remember and try to randomly quote him sometimes. And there is even some comedy added by Caine and Freeman, however this doesn't take away anything from the gritty feel of this action crime film. The only (very minor) problem I could see was a few minor inconsistencies in the plot near the end. However this does nothing to what is definitely a 10/10 film. Superb acting, great dialogue and plot, amazing action and a brilliant music score. Also, the sound is great; you can really hear it when a truck is flipping or something like that. My favourite movie ever.