Not just a spectacular comic, but also a amazing crime drama.

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2011)

(see my other reviews, find me on gmail). For the next few days, I'll be talking about the "Batman" series, and now we come to our conclusion known as, "The Dark Knight".
Now this, to me, will always be the definitive Batman film, as it's one if the greatest, superhero film of all time, because it's more than that.
Here's the plot: When a new threat known as the Joker (Heath Ledger) has come to spread chaos all over Gotham, Batman (Christane Bale), LT/ Commissioner Gordan (Gary Oldman), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), must form an alliance to battle The Joker for the control of Gotham. Whats then come after is loss, death, people driven insane, and the motto "You either live a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.That's the basic plot of the film, but theirs so much more that, it's hard for me to explain. But I'll try to do my best.
First the characters: Christane Bale is still good as Bruce Wayne, always the torture soul in between him and his alter-ego, but as Batman, he meh, mostly do to the fact that his voice sounds like crap. Micheal Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman, all returning from "Begins" are great, maybe even better than before. Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawns, to me, not much of a change, but the character is really just a damsel in distress, who eventually meets her demise. Aaron Eckhart is much better than Tommy Lee Jones, who was just a goof ball, and brings life into his character and alter ego Two-Face. But the performance that truly stands out for me, and the person who I truly think deserved an Oscar, is Heath Ledger, who plays an incredible performance as The Joker, whose just crazy, insane, and also scary, whose goal is to create chaos and make Gotham chose their fate. I have never seen Heath Ledger act creepy before, and his death marked a huge loss in the film industry and Batman shows (hey, Mark Hamill can't do it forever). The Jokers plan is to show Gotham fear and change them to the dark side and to me, this shows that he's kinda a hero, making it seem he's only testing Gotham to escalation.
Now for the action scenes: let me just say, the cinematography is incredible, much better than "Begins" which had too many close-ups to see what is going on. The action is all great, but it's the drama that make the movie work, as my favourite scene in the movie where Batman interrogates The Joker, where he goes on to say he's just like him, someone whose just as insane as The Joker Then Batman locks the door with a chair, and proceeds to beat him and answer where Rachael and Harvey are, but the Joker keeps laughing, and only taunting Batman for being just as insane as him. This scene is not funny, not sad, and not action packed,as it's just creepy and scary, as it shows that Batman won't kill The Joker, and that The Joker is just insane, becoming the very thing he's setting out to do.
Overall, "The Dark Knight" is an amazing film, with great acting, great cinematography, and an amazing story, however, it is a little long, and some people might get bored with it, but I wasn't bored. Overall, if your a huge Batman, or someone just looking for a good movie, then You won't be bored, Mr. Nolan, you have made a terrific film, I not only clap, but bow before you.