The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan is an absolute box office hit stunner. The Dark Knight is a follow-up to the 2005’s Batman Begins, but is on a completely different level. Even if you hate comic book movies or you hated Batman Begins, you will love this one. The first scene of the movie starts of with a bang and a confusing twist. One by one the Joker, played by Heath Ledger, sends in his helpers into a bank to steal money looking exactly like him. Two different jokers are sent in for a different job and one by one as one of them completes his task his partner kills him. Once all the money is out of the vault a bus comes crashing in through the side of the bank. Some of his helpers start piling in the money and they begin to kill each other saying, “you’re not needed for the rest of the job.” In the end the real Joker played by Heath Ledger kills the remaining one and drives away free with all the money in the bus.
The trouble in the movie is that batman is upset with the way the media and public portrays him. The public sees him as a vigilante and decides to leave the hero stuff to district attorney Harvey Dent. He tries to move in on Rachel Dawes as his lady love and is his only hope for a normal life. In Gotham city everything seems like sin and the producer portrays this by shooting the movie in Chicago, bringing a gritty effect to the picture. The movie is based on the evil side of Gotham City and tries to hide that from the good everyday lifestyle.
I can honestly say I have never seen such an amazing performance by an actor in any movie. Heath Ledger’s joker has his faced caked with moldy makeup, grungy hair and yellowing teeth of a hound of hell. To him the knife is a much better weapon of choice mainly due to his childhood scars from his father. He took his roll and completely embraced it just like in some of his other rolls in Brokeback Mountain and I’m Not There. The Joker wants Batman to choose chaos, he wants Batman to join his side. In one of his lines he says, “I choose chaos,” those words sum up what’s at stake in The Dark Night. The haunting of Dark Knight soars on the wings of untamed imagination. It’s full of surprises you don’t see coming.
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6 years ago
Good review :) I like that you addressed where the film was shot and that you compare/contrasted it to other Batman films. The Joker was awesome. I thought the Batman's role was a little weak in the film, but, then again, the villains are ALWAYS more interesting, aren't they?
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