Brilliant Film- Understatement

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2011)

The dark knight was the second of the modern batman movie franchise. After the slight disappointment of Batman Begins i was not expecting anything special. Maybe a few sweet action scenes that would dazzle but nothing really spectacular. But promise raised as i read the preview revealing the surprising casting of Heath Ledger as The Joker.
With that being the only thing looking forward to seeing in this movie i ventured onwards and watched the film. From start to finish this movie was absolutely brilliant, flawless in every way. Plot was brilliant unfolding mystery, action and even romance. Every good movie has to have a bit of romance. Action sequences were spectacular not drawing over the top and the characters were by far the best part of the film. Batman himself played by an impressive Cristain Bale and ONe of my old favorites Gary Oldman and his role as Detective Gordon.
But my expectation on Heath were not in vein. Stealing the show with one of the greatest pieces of acting i have seen since Jack Nicolson in "The Shining" as the Joker. It is an extremely dark character, much darker than again Jack Nicolson's Joker in "Batman". The Joker in this movie however portrayed his insanity through dark humor killing and causing anarchy through the streets of Gotham. Heath Ledger fitted everything that needed to be fitted right down to the little knots on his cheap purple suit. But of course whats the Joker without a few laughs on the way occasionally giving us chuckles with his cruel sense of humor.He deservedly won Best Actor and it is a damn shame to such talent go to waste.
The Dark Knight is undoubtedly the best movie i have seen in my short 15 years on this earth captivating me in its non stop action and wondrous characters. Its gonna be hard to beat... I give it a 20 out of 10