An extremely intense cinematic experience filled with material of epic proportions

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2008)

A truly amazing film. I myself make up my own top ten list, and to get on that one requires a lot of film-making skill, and this one ranks #1 not by far, since number 2 is No Country For Old Men. Both were very intense. For instance: When the Joker is hanging upside down and talking to Batman how Gotham will come to hate him. And some of the confrontation scenes could relate to No Country for Old Men because when The Joker ends up nearly killing Rachel Dawes, he first confronts her and nearly kills her. Another thing would probably be when Two-Face flips coins on deaths of people, before when he was Harvey Dent he used a coin with two heads saying he created his own luck. The end would not make sense to younger children, though they should even be seeing the movie anyways - too dark - it is a very god one. Another relation to No Country, the ending is not the happiest. But this one almost promises a sequel. Heath Ledger's performance in this movie is truly his greatest, and sadly his last. He delves completely into the character, and shows how truly psychopathic and dangerous the character can be. Part of this movie is about facing one's self. Coming to terms with your darker side. What makes you do the wrong think. In this movie not only Batman, but his alter ego Bruce Wayne is beginning to lose the ability to do whats right. One of the reasons for a need of a sequel is because what happened to Bruce Wayne is not explained and How Batman will truly face himself and actions. One of the other points of this movie has to do with a person's drive to live. How people will choose themselves over others. How low and ugly a person can. The Joker lowers Harvey Dent - The White Knight of Gotham City - into the horrific villain Two-Face. The transformation from Harvey to Two-Face is very disturbing and overall an unforgettable experience. When Rachel Dawes was killed by The Joker, Harvey Dent was changing into Two-Face. And when he captures Lieutenant turned Commissioner Jim Gordan's family for revenge against Gordan's inability to rescue Rachel in time, he becomes truly lost, wanting him to feel exactly what he did, and he does. After this confrontation,when Batman comes into play, Batman is not ready to face himself for himself letting Harvey taking the fall for himself not turning into the Joker and be arrested and letting five and nearly six people die, he runs away, with Gordan's final haunting words "He is The Dark Knight"