Quite possibly the best movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2008)

I had been anticipating this movie ever since I first seen Batman Begin's but had serious doubts that Nolin's sequel would be up to the very high standards of his first outstanding Batman effort. Based on the hype and the reviews, clearly I was wrong as that many people surely could not be wrong. Needless to say my expectations were high leading up to seeing the film, I was expecting it to be possibly the best movie ever made and I was not at all disappointed! The Dark Knight far exceeded my expectations and now after years of indecisiveness when asked my favorite movie, I no longer need to answer that I cannot decide between Godfather 1 & 2 and Shawshank Redemption. The Dark Knight takes movie making to a new level, never has a film maintained so much intensity and contained so much depth of story. The acting was very solid throughout, exceptional though was Heath Ledger, whose performance left me lost for words, with no superlatives truly able to do justice to what should not only be an academy award winning performance, but what should also be recognized as possibly the greatest acting performance of all time! I love the Batman character, and I believe Cristian Bale to be consistently the best actor of his generation, but despite his great portrayal of the "Bat", it is Ledger's disturbing performance as the Joker which leaves you breathless in anticipation for him to appear in a scene. Everything about the directing of this film was top-notch, and if Christopher Nolan was not already a legend before this film, he sure is now! The issues dealt with in the Dark Knight are very current and thought provoking. A lot of time and effort went into the screenplay, it was very intelligently written and effectively avoided corny cliché's and one-liners. Make sure you see Batman Begins before The Dark Knight!