A solid superhero movie, but far from perfection everyone claims it to be.

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2019)

A list of each aspect of this movie and how I would rate them:

Plot: 7/10

The plot takes a serious jab at Batman's principals by introducing the chaos of Joker as it should've been, but never really allows Batman to learn anything. He ends up putting down the mantle because he thinks his hand in fighting back evil in Gotham creates monsters like the Joker and ruins good men like Harvey Dent. However, that answer is a bit too simple and undermines all of the effort Batman had to make to fix the city in Batman Begins and his reason for becoming the Batman. The Dark Knight Rises in fact exactly shows that Gotham will always need Batman and it's his destiny, but instead the Trilogy leads us to wanting to put away Batman every time because his hand is somehow "unjustified". The story didn't make enough of the Dark Knight and why he is needed (like in the comics).

Characters: 8/10

Heath Ledger's Joker was almost too exceptional compared to the rest of the Characters in the story. The problem with the characterizations in this movie lies mainly with Batman. The Dark Knight Trilogy took Batman too seriously while at the same time not focusing on his character development in a proper way. You could even argue TDK Rises (an inferior movie) had more character development for Bruce Wayne even if by a very little bit. TDK got the aspect of making him a heroic force, but made him more like some kind of a soldier for Gotham rather than it's dedicated protector as Batman ought to be.

Cinematography/ Screen-Play: 9/10

The screen play was simply very solid. Some moments (especially with the Joker) were just show in a way that feels like the most ideal way to show that scene. The only thing I could complain about is the Batsuit being a bit too awkward looking at some angles, but it's also a unique costume for it's realistic attempt to make a sensible looking Batman. One of the best things about this movie is the performance put on by Heath Ledger. It's probably generated countless memes and allowed this movie to age better than most movies of it's caliber.

Music: 9/10

Hans Zimmer delivers an amazing Sound Tracks and Theme Music to the characters and scenes). It always creates emotions and at some moments it amplifies scenes that otherwise be pretty ordinary or just decent with pure awe.
Final Rating: 8/10. To me the most important traits to any fictional work is it's quality of writing this involves the plot and characters. Cinematography is a slightly lesser, but still critically important quality that will pretty much be responsible for the look and feel of that good writing. Music encloses the entire movie experience by amplifying the emotions of what the audience will be seeing. While story and characterization would drag the overall rating down to a rating of about 7.5, the sheer quality that Nolan orders into his movie in it's screenplay and audio carries that rating higher. I don't think the movie accomplishes things other (also non-perfect) movies do (the kind of movies I would rate a 9). That is why I would give this movie an 8 and not a 9, but I completely see why people would give it a higher rating. Heath Ledger's performance was truly stunning, and may he rest in peace.