Now THIS is what "going to the movies" is all about!!!

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2008)

The Dark Knight is one of the sheerest, most brilliant, original, provocative and masterful films that comes very rarely these days.
Firstly, let's get this out of the way: Heath Ledger is, of course, brilliant as The Joker, as we all assumed he would be from just watching the theatrical trailer. But what we didn't see in the trailer is The Joker's full glory of a villain, which is portrayed to perfection. And in fact, one of the best villains ever in the history of cinema, period. Up there with Darth Vader and Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Ledger, we will not forget you, R.I.P.
Now, let's get to the even better stuff...
For me, the characters of Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne/Batman was the even better slice of the cake. Batman for one, is bigger, better, badder, and darker than ever and we finally get to acknowledge and feel his character in deeper and more understandable ways than before. But Harvey Dent is the new hero of Gotham City. Crime is rising, and it appears that Harvey Dent is the only one who is able to save the city and stop the current highest threat; The Joker. The movie kept itself flowing with story and spectacular action sequences, very little if many flaws I could really notice, really.
Everything, I ever loved about movies, The Dark Knight, had pretty much all of it... and with a little bit more... from the originality of Pulp Fiction, to the iconic characters of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, story structure of Star Wars, action sequences like in Seven Samurai, epic like The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and cinematic presentation of The Godfather films... The Dark Knight closely follows as one of those king names of cinema.
I don't want to reveal too much more, so let's wrap it up...
Acting: 9, Directing: 9, Story/Writing: 8, Emotional Response: 10, Character Portrayal: 10, Achievement as a Sequel: 10, Cinematic Presentation: 9, Overall: 9.5 = 10.
Go see it! This is THE movie to see at the cinema!