First of all, this is just not an ordinary superhero movie. It manages to stem out of the norm and turn into a movie much bigger than a superhero movie. The Dark Knight depicts corruption, crime and justice in a realistic way. With that, this has turned into a dark and serious flick. In addition, there are no special effects in this movie. So if you see a buildings and cars exploding, they really are exploding! A helicopter crashing down? You bet your ass it's real. No CG.
The story is basically the DC type of telling stories: a bit convoluted at first but in the end you'll realize it's freaking awesome. While watching the movie, you have to think about the little aspects that appears in the movie or else you won't get along.
The character development for the new characters are good. Harvey Dent's character is actually the most sympathetic one. Though I'd already known he'd be Two-Face sooner or later, after seeing the character of Harvey Dent I wished that tragic event wouldn't happen to him, leading to his own destruction. As for the Joker, all I can say is he's a notorious psychopathic clown. The portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight proved why he is the greatest villain to ever graced the comic books. Just creeped the hell out of me. Why so serious?
Overall, you must never miss this movie. A combination of dark superhero action and seriousness is just classic. Oh one more thing, I wouldn't recommend this to children.
R.I.P. Heath Ledger, 1979-2008.
Rating: 9.8 out of 10
he's one great actor. another good guy in heaven :)
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