A filmful of Conundrums

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2008)

Good and Evil? Yes they're here. But both sides are dark. Just choose which shade of darkness you prefer - in spades. The Joker is dirty white, The Batman is shiny black. Duality rules, coin-like ,and whichever way the action comes down, the outcome is always questionable.
Bale's Batman is dark, driven and unrelenting. Ledger's Joker is dark driven and unrelenting. So what difference between the two sides of the coin? Ledger's Joker takes pleasure in his viciousness; Bale's Batman suffers in his righteousness. We enjoy the Joker's flamboyant evil, and we hope for Batman's cold rectification.
In this fabulous construction of a city under siege, the crossover worlds of good and evil are woven together inseparably. The personifications of good and evil combust and suck us into moral questionings of order and chaos, in a world that is both fantastical and frighteningly familiar. And even if you just like a good action flick, the film is still fantastic.