Incredible....

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2008)

There are some movies that are so great that you just have to see them theaters. This is definitely one of them.
In The Dark Knight, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.
One of the highlights of this film is Heath Ledgers performance as the joker. When I first heard everyone ranting about how great he did, I thought it was just because of his recent death, but his performance truly was incredible. Heath Ledger really is the joker, he does a fantastic job of portraying a complete psycho who kills people just for the fun of it. He will without a doubt go down in history as one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
The joker was not the only great thing about the movie though. The plot was great. As the movie plays out, many of the characters descend into darkness as some are killed and others are twisted by the joker until they are villains like him. Truly one of the best plots. I have seen in a long time. The performances from all of the lead characters were fantastic. There really are no weak points in this movie
Overall this movie is fantastic, the greatest batman yet. I have no clue how they are going to top this with batman 3. I would recommend this to anyone, although it is very dark and violent for a PG-13 movie, I would not recommend it to anyone under 13.