Yes !!! A Very Deserving Best Picture Nomination . . . At least

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2008)

" Ladies & Gentlemen , We are tonight's Entertainment " proclaims The Joker , perhaps he should have said " Our Time's Entertainment " ! The Dark Knight is a complex puzzle , which truly reminds us "What Movies are really all about" 70 years ago in the month of May , Mr.Bob Kane imagined & gave us a Caped Crusader , Bruce Wayne. Hollywood was then entering it's Golden Age. 4 Movies & 6 decades later, Christoper Nolan captured the imagination of our childhood hero in Batman Begins. But with this installment he has moved the genre to it's rightful place Why is it the Perfect Movie of this Genre ? Knockout Performances by every casted Actor.
Christian Bale & Aaron Eckhart take the cake , but Heath Ledger , Bless his Soul , was actually in a state where he couldn't possibly do anything wrong. I have never seen a performance so eccentric , powerful & yet at the same time so convincing. Nicholson , Mr.Kane felt , was born to play The Joker but I wonder what he would have said now. But as they say "To each time , it's own".
Michael Caine ,Maggie Gyllenhaal ,Gary Oldman & Morgan Freeman were also very important & I feel they did more than just justice to their characters.
This is a story of a man trying to solve the complex puzzle of life , heroism , rejection , hatred & most crucially the moral ethics & dilemmas posed by his nemesis. This Movie is Actually a Psychological Horror. So be prepared ! & also , there are surprises which you might have never thought existed! The Background Score by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard is amazing . This Movie is a perfect example where the special effects doesn't effect human emotions at all . Which is , honestly , rare these days .
The success of this movie also lies tenderly on Christopher Nolan dedication to his work not only as a director but with Jonathan Nolan on the screenplay & David S. Goyer on the story . They created characters we come to care about ,which is lacking in so many movies nowadays . Their screenplay is very poetic.
The Movie is Brilliant on so many levels that it should only be experienced rather than just commented upon. It's Really Hard to find Fault with The Dark Knight !!! Most Importantly , In this Movie , Heath created for us a man we'll never forget . Like The Terminator , Jack Sparrow , Indiana Jones & so many others , they are born because those actors believed that they could truly give us someone we'll love , no matter how bad or silly they were . They are the one's we'll remember & cherish forever . That is how the become Legends . They are the one's who teach us the magic touch of Commitment.
Heath , you truly Put A Smile On My Face ! Thank You . . . God Bless ! P.S. - If at all there is a chance of bringing The Joker back , Johnny Depp should give it a shot , though , as of now , it's hard to imagine anyone come close to Heath's Legendary Performance , but Depp's Eccentricity could ,or nearly, match Ledger's . . . Hopefully .