Two hours of pure action

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2009)

In my opinion films on the Top 250 films list mostly fall into two categories: 1) films considered as classics and 2) big budget films released after IMDb was established as THE movie web page. The Dark Knight falls into the latter.
The film follows the model of an over-the-top Hollywood action film. A film must be judged by how close it comes to the genre's ultimate goal (or in some cases that it's impossible to put it into any category at all). Action films do not give your life a new meaning, but is pure entertainment.
It is here I find the strength of the film. The action scenes are spectacular. One thing I particularly like is that most of the scenes are "real" and not computer animated. I was a big fan of films like Lord of the Rings, but grew increasingly tired of watching films as life like as Toy Story. Yes, disagree with me, but the graphics of even the best fantasy film is blurry on the edges and the lighting looks like what you see in a mode magazine.
There is said much about the performance of Heath Ledger. He deserves it. Gary Oldman is in my opinion the best actor in the cast. Not exactly the heroic type and gives the film a human touch.