Is the DARK KNIGHT as DARK as they say?.....

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2008)

"Where do we...begin?"
I've gotta' say this.....
"THIS MOVIE MOVED ME!"
And I'll tell you why....
Pretty much from day one I followed the making of this movie, whether it be on "Batman-On-Film", "youtube" or wherever else on the internet for that matter.....Hell I even got myself a "Dark Knight t-shirt" I was that mad about this movie. After finally sitting down and getting myself comfy in the movie theatre the "bank heist" began. I had seen this scene many times before, but seeing it on the big screen was a totally different experience. The words - "I believe that... whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you....STRANGER!!" Will now go down as one of the many iconic lines from this movie. I had heard about THE JOKER and what he was like, but everything I'd heard, read, and seen, did not prepare me for what was to come..... THE JOKER is without doubt the NASTIEST, EVILIST, most SADISTIC piece of work I have ever seen in a movie, in any movie, and I'll tell you I've thought long and hard about this. Nothing or no-one compares to this. Every scene that THE JOKER is in has something really special about it. From his unbelievable "pencil trick" to his "WHY SO SERIOUS?!" scene, or his scene with THE BATMAN in the police cell. Listen, I could go on all day about this movie, the fact of the matter is, and the statement I am about to make, I make with no doubt, 100% confidence.....
THIS IS THE BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER MADE!! EVEN THE BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE EVER MADE!!
So what about the rest of the cast?
Christian Bale once again reprises the role of BRUCE/THE BAT and I have read some critics groaning on about his his voice for THE BATMAN. As far as I'm concerned I think Mr Bale puts in a fantastic performance, even better than BATMAN BEGINS, and I don't think there is a better actor out there at the moment, apart from the late HEATH, but I'll come to that later. With support from Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman, and of course Aaron Eckhart. All fantastic performances! I must also compliment Christopher Nolan, and the rest of the crew for such a wonderful movie!
I do, unfortunately have a couple of not so good things to say about the movie, I felt that Maggie Gyllenhaal wasn't a strong enough actress to play Rachel Dawes, and I thought the section of the film with the "sonar" was just a little far fetched. But, and this is a big BUT. Because I had become so fanatical about seeing this movie I knew I was going to scrutinise every last detail, I guess I even became a critic.
...."THIS MOVIE MOVED ME".....
I realised that as THE JOKER hung upside down, this was some guy from Perth, Australia called HEATH LEDGER. It really hit home with me that this guy is no longer with us and his life has been cut short so tragically young. And "NO" I'm not saying this because he has left us, but this guy REALLY DOES DESERVE AN "Oscar" for this role, because you're not seeing HEATH LEDGER. You are seeing......
THE JOKER!!!