Christopher Nolan can do no wrong (concise)

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2008)

If you have seen the First Batman movie by Christopher Nolan "Batman Begins" and you loved it, you'll love "The Dark Knight" even more.
Batman Begins and its sequel THe Dark Knight have the same format, meaning story telling etc, even the Title isn't shown to you until the end like the previous film. However THe Dark Knight has greater suspense, greater acting, dialog, and even the action is more impressive. Not just mindless Batman fights but when Batman beats up those unfortunates, it means something to the viewer. Overall this was the best Batman ever! Honestly it was hard to judge The Dark Knight against Batman Begins because they were both nearly perfect as they ought to have been.
The Joker was the best character in the film. Heath Ledger performed him with such absolute authority and villainy that it freaked most people out in the theater. He plays and absolute anarchist and Heath brought many laughs from the audience. My Guess is that his Joker will be known as "THE" joker to judge all other against for all time. It is a tragic shame that this arch villain will not be in any of the other movies at least not played by Heath Ledger, who of course died in early Janurary.
Two face: Anyone who knows the comic stories, Harvey Dent becomes Two-face and I must the mere sight of this villain when he actually turns will make your stomach turn. Never have I imagined TwoFace looking the way he did in this movie, that in itself was a grand achievement. The story overall was intelligent and well made. Even my girlfriend who holds the claim that when action movies start playing the action, "thats the boring part", and although she is a real reference to those that are not into action movies, even she thought this was the greatest movie this year.
Plan and simple the best comic book movie franchise in movie history, not because of dynamic action but by excellent story-telling and memorable acting.