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The Dark Knight
Starring: Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne and Batman Heath Ledger as The Joker Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent and Two-Face Michael Caine as Alfred Gary Oldman as James Gordon Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox Directed by: Christopher Nolan Released in Theaters in July of 2008 Distributed by: Warner Brothers Running Time: 152 minutes Genre: Action Rated PG-13 for Intense sequences of violence and menace Synopsis: Batman is back, this time facing his toughest foe yet, The Joker. As the Joker is raising hell in Gotham, the newly elected District Attorney is trying to stop the Gotham Mob that the Joker has been bribing them. As the Joker menace begins to grow, Batman has only one thing to do... stop him before it is too late.
Score Acting-
In one word...unbelievable! Christian Bale is incredible as Bruce Wayne,
and a little on the creepy side as Batman, he overacts when he is Batman,
but it works wonderfully! Heath Ledger gives the performance of his life, literally!
Ledger gives an amazing portrayal of the often goofy Joker. He adds the
perfect combination of insanity and intensity that the Joker should have.
Aaron Eckhart was the perfect choice for Harvey Dent, he played the part
of the political hero very well, and once Two-Face is created, Eckhart
adds another dimension to what the character should be. I believe that
Eckhart and Ledger should be nominated for awards during the awards
season. With just those three actors and their roles, there is no way I
can give this category anything less than a full star! Direction-
I was really having a problem with this. Christopher Nolan
did an amazing job, but for this movie and the script it somehow did not
seem enough. After seeing this movie on numerous occasions I realized what
it was. It was a mixture of the story and the direction this film took. I
however soon realized that the story was just fine, but the direction that
Nolan went was not. Having no closure with a few of the characters really
hurt this category, and blew the chance at a perfect film. Story-
Batman and Joker together are always interesting. But the way Christopher
and Johnathan Nolan wrote this screenplay and made the characters a lot
more dark, made everything much more interesting! Batman ended up being
the anti-hero, Harvey Dent ended up being the hero of Gotham, and Joker
was just so damned creepy and so unbelievably insane it was great! Expectations-
This is where things become difficult. I was expecting greatness from this
film, and I got it. But, I also got so much more, I was on the edge of my
seat the entire film, and everything was amplified because of the great
acting, and enthralling story! Entertainment
Value- As I said above, I was on the edge of my seat for
the whole film. Everything in this movie was entertainment to the extreme.
Final Score:
Final Thoughts: In all honesty, this is easily the best picture of the year, that will most likely not get noticed by the academy. As of this writing, the film has become the third highest domestic grossing film of all time, and for great reason, this film is phenomenal is almost every way! I strongly recommend that you see this movie, and if you already have, go see it again, it is totally worth every penny of the cost of admission.
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