The Academy better consider this.

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2008)

What can I say? This movie is almost the greatest movie ever made, just behind Indiana Jones. The story seems simple but director Christopher Nolan makes it deeper. He takes a comic book movie and makes it into a crime film that holds up with the likes of The Departed, Goodfellas, etc. The film is much faster paced than the first and the action scenes are very well done. As for the acting everyone does an amazing job. Bale does a better job here by making Batman darker. He does a very good job at selling us on how Batman may have to become something he's not just to stop the Joker and as for the Joker Heath does a phenomenal job. He has just made the Joker in my mind the greatest villain of all time and even if he was still alive he defiantly deserves the Oscar. He steals every scene he is in. If a fantasy movie like Lord of the Rings can win a best picture Oscar why can't The Dark Knight? All of the ingredients are here: great story telling, great screen play, great directing, great cinematography, great acting (especially Heath), and great editing. I say the Academy needs to really consider this as a best picture nominee.