Yesterday, I went to see the much antecipated film "The Dark Knight" and the film was good, very good... but I would not name it as the greatest film of all time. According to IMDB this film is better than "The Godfather", oops... I don't think so.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman
Plot: Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war against crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (Heath Ledger)...
My review: I never paid much attention to this particular superhero, but with "Batman Begins" I began to find this character very interesting: unlike the majority of other superheroes, Batman was born without any superpowers and basically, he trained and built himself to become a hero, besides from that, he relies on technology and his intelligence to fight crime... which makes it much more believable! "The Dark Knight" appears as a perfect sequel to its predecessor "Batman Begins". The acting from the main cast was once again pretty solid, I guess that the actors weren't allowed to reinvent their characters too much because we are talking about the comic book's universe, "The Joker" character was definately the one that suffered a little bit more of reinvention thanks to the wonderful actor Heath Ledger. Although, people are talking about an Oscar for Mr. Ledger I don't think that his performance was that spectacular, I think that he should be nominated but shouldn't win it, honestly, I think that his performance was good, but there were times where I thought that he was just trying too hard to be bad... Back to film itself: the story was good and the dialogue was great, I loved the moral dilemmas brought to the film, I think that the film touches several themes that are somehow universal and timeless: such as corruption, how despair and cowardice makes people commit the most unethical acts, the good and evil, personal sacrifice and a strong sense of justice. The film was able to bring some emphaty for the Batman character: he is trying to do the good and the right thing, but his actions are often misunderstood by the general public, even when he saves the Gotham citizens from the criminals he doesn't claim any credit for it and it's even persecuted for crimes that he didn't even commit, just look at situation where he took all the blame for Harvey Dent's crimes just to protect the Gotham's citizens faith in goodness and justice. That's why Batman is "The Dark Knight": he is generally regarded as an outlaw by the Gotham citizens, but at the same time he is the one that saves the people from the criminals by the end of the day, he is the silent vigilante... I think that the film was very appealing because it makes you think about certain questions. Batman rules!
My personal rating: 8.5/10
