A great story without over doing action

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2008)

First things first, Heath Ledger gives one of the best performances ever seen on film. The Joker is such a show stealer that u forget the movie is as long as it is. You actually wait for every time he is on-screen.He's really that amazing.Director Christopher Nolan stuck to the one thing that makes him unique, successfully blending the past with the present. But in The "Dark Knight" he accomplished it for the first time without actually showing the past aspect of his story. this film could be be understood and followed even without seeing "Batman Begins". That signals a great story. This movie had chance to become a masterpiece but fell short because of what it tried not to become. Mainly, it tries not to be the sequel that is just is all about action because of how far along the first film brings the audience up to speed on the story. Think the "Matrix Reloaded" to "The Matrix". If your looking for a Visually action-packed summer film this isn't your movie. But the acting is so good you'll forget that the film is 2 and a half hours and the only true action sequences are actually all in the previews. That's not a knock but this isn't an unintelligent film and the lack of big budget action scenes proves it. Placing the Harvey Dent/2 Face storyline in this film signifies that audiences are in for an amazing 3rd installment because the director got an important character in the Batman franchise understood and out of the way in one film. All in all "Dark Knight" will be one of the best films of the year, but don't expect it to be as good as everybody will rave it is. its a great achievement in acting and storytelling. If you can understand that then its as good as advertised. On a final note, if Heath Ledger doesn't win an Oscar for his performance it will be one of the biggest robberies in Film history. I say it again he is that good!!