Despite now being overrated, it is completely impossible for me to ignore the masterpiece that is, The Dark Knight. Released in 2008, this was "the" film that ensured that Nolan became one of the greatest directors of all time. Even with films such as Memento, Batman Begins and The Prestige, it wasn't until 2008 that the world began to realize that Nolan would become one of the greatest directors of the modern cinema.Following the defeat of Ra's Al Ghul and Scarecrow from 'Batman Begins', Gotham City has just begun to enforce new rules and drive back the criminal society living in Gotham. Then lands the mysterious and psychotic Joker, played in the most amazing way by Heath Ledger (may he R.I.P) who begins once more to cause chaos across all of Gotham City. Gordon and Bruce Wayne must team up with the new DA, Harvey Dent, and take down the Joker, who has begun his own plans to make Gotham a better place for criminals by taking down the Batman himself.
The best thing about The Dark Knight, though numerous, is the acting. More specifically, the performance given by Heath Ledger who cast a figure of fear and chaos. His performance is one of the extreme intensity. Despite being extremely frightening, Ledger was truly able to bring humor into the character. The rest of the cast, consisting of legends Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart do a fantastic job. Despite my praise of the acting, which is brilliant, there was one major issue in the acting department I had with this film. That would be Maggie Gyllenhall, whose performance, much like Katie Holmes, was pretty poor. Neither of the two were able to illustrate Rachel Dawes, given the tone created by these films. It is quite a relief when the Joker captures Rachel, for us as a movie audience. The worst thing about this is that we do not fully feel the pain that Bruce goes through, after his love is killed off.
Gyllenhall is a minor complaint when compared with every other factor of brilliance in this film. The direction and writing in this film is downright brilliant and the restriction of CGI effects is fantastic. Most of the effects look truly amazing and the production designs were amazing. The dialogue is amazingly sharp, and each line delivered by Heath Ledger is truly amazing. Whilst Batman Begins truly created a new standard of superhero films, The Dark Knight is the deciding point of superhero films. The way that Nolan was able to change superhero films forever, by adding an amazingly dark and serious tone was fantastic. Of course, since then every film has attempted to do this but never to the brilliance of the Dark Knight.
The action sequences in the film are truly enjoyable.Not only is this film mindblowing in the fact that it has fantastic acting and amazing story telling, but The Dark Knight improves upon Batman Begins in terms of cinematography, making some of the action easier to follow and enjoy. Where this film makes the action seem better than it is, is from Hans Zimmer's musical score which is breathtaking! The music lights up each scene in the film and adds extreme intensity. The opening scene with the bank robbery is one of the finest examples throughout the film.
The Joker is undeniably, one of the greatest villains of all time and The Dark Knight, though overrated, is undeniably a great film. Christopher Nolan, in 2008, brought every aspect of great film making into one movie, which would since then be regarded the best film of the decade. To that, I respectfully disagree. Grade- 10/10 most definitely!!!
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