Thoughts: Of all the superheroes out there Batman has always been my favorite; second would be the X-Men. In the Dark Knight, Batman (Christian Bale) is wrestling with still being “The Batman” while a new terror by the name of The Joker (Heath Ledger) has entered into Gotham. The entire film was strong from start to finish. Ledger as the Joker was excellent and I am not going to compare him to the Nicholson one because to be honest that is a different Joker. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two Face was very good but his role seemed a bit rushed. I think they could have flushed out more of the Two Face character. Michael Caine as Alfred and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox were great. However I cannot say the same for Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, though she did do a much better job than Katie Holmes. Gary Olman as Lt. James Gordan was by far the best casting. If I had to envision what Gordan would be like Oldman plays him exactly.
Now for the bad and there really isn’t too much to say here. For sure the movie ran too long clocking in at around 152 minutes and having many points where it seemed like it would conclude. Then there were the speeches regarding the term hero and villain and morality that got a bit long-winded and heavy handed. Oh and the whole Bale doing a deep voice when he is Batman needs to go, I found it distracting. But aside from those small hiccups The Dark Knight delivers and is very entertaining and extremely well done, especially Ledger’s performance. More so because he is gone that he shines so much in the film.
Movie Count: 62
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