The Dark Knight

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2008)

Batman Begins was an excellent film nothing to special, but a beginning none the less for Batman. Now with the same cast and crew excluding Katie Holmes and adding Maggie Gylenhall the film "THE DARK KNIGHT" is in a league of its own. I can only remember once ever walking out of a film just feeling blown away and that was to the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. I came out of the Dark Knight in awe of what they have created from the directing to the acting to the musical score to the cinematography and so on and so forth. The story is so relevant to today's age and there are so many references to what the world is becoming. Its all in the script listen carefully. Christian Bale is wonderful as the hard headed hero, Maggie Gylenhall does a great job as Rachael Dawes as I believe Katie Holmes did as well, they both brought something special to that character. Micheal Caine Is wonderful as Alfred Pennyworth always thats all I have to say about him. Aron Eckhart Is fantastic as Harvey Dent/Two face a very powerful performance. But of course the real star of the show is none other than Heath Ledger as the Joker. I will be honest with you I've never seen a performance as amazing as this. He was so terrifyingly shy in real life and to have created a character so intense and horrific, is beyond me. The joker is psychotic, fearless and merciless and what late Mr Ledger did was create history and reach insanity for this part. I believe he dug to deep into the joker and lost his sense of reality which eventually killed him. He will certainly be remembered for his excellence and commitment to acting, a legend in my eyes. If you haven't seen THE DARK KNIGHT, I would advise you to attend, its simply superb.............Paul