The Dark Knight….As good as advertised

The Dark Knight Poster

So I woke up this morning already planing to see The Dark Knight with my son. I decided before hand to do something i rarely do, i checked reviews and the IMDB rating. I often check out a movie based on good reviews or a high rating when I was not planing on seeing it but don’t like to when i plan on seeing it. It always leads to being put off by disappointed reviewers. Nothing sucks more than Being excited to see a movie and read a bunch of reviews panning it or see that it has a 3.1 rating on IMDB. I fully understand that the reviews mean nothing (as does this one), but it is still disappointing and I think may actually sway your view before you even see it. Besides everyone knows it can be fun to bash a movie when it is deserved, so if you know it sucks before hand then it ruins the fun. I am not sure why I looked at the reviews but when I saw how great they all were plus the fact it had a 9.7 rating at IMDB I was shocked and got even more pumped up. I kept telling myself that it can’t possibly be this good so I wouldn’t get let down.

I forgot about all of that stuff within minutes as I was instantly sucked in. Like its predecessor this movie looked fantastic. Christopher Nolan did a wonderful job at capturing the visual feel of the darker comics. Gotham city has never looker better. the big buzz is about Heath Ledger and his Oscar worthy portrayal of The Joker. It doesn’t take long to see him and I must say that i instantly believed him. His performance is honestly one of the best I have ever seen. People are saying he is the best villain ever but for my money I would still take Robert DeNiro as Max Caddy. Ledger does deliver though an comes across as crazy in a big way. Aaron Eckhart’s performance as Harvey Dent was spot on and like Ledger’s was light years ahead of the franchise’s previous version of the character. The rest of the cast is not to be over looked though as they all gave great performances.

The script was easily the best script for a superhero movie I have ever seen (to be fair i have yet to see Iron Man which i hear good things about). Christopher and his brother Jonathon have shown they could write several times before but I felt this was their best work since Memento. The movie is pretty long for this type (two and a half hours) but never felt long to me. The movie flowed very well and kept a fairly complex plot without seeming rushed or drawn out. It had several twists and turns that always kept me on my toes and enough action to satisfy the biggest of explosion appetites. All in all i would Say this movie should satisfy even the pickiest of movie goers. It should go down in history as one of the best in the last 10 years regardless of genre.

My rating 9.5 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

Here is the trailer.