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Reviews of The Dark Knight
Why So Serious?
Posted : 1 month, 4 weeks ago on 11 September 2009 01:52
(A review of The Dark Knight)Gotham City is falling apart, Bruce Wayne is becoming more distant, chaotic vigilantism is growing more rampant & on top of it all, there's some crazy make-up wearing Joker out there taking advantage of it all.
Heath Ledger in a final performance that marks a high point in his all too short career.
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A review of "Heat 2"
Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago on 16 April 2009 08:11
(A review of The Dark Knight)When the movie started I was sure of that I was watching Heat. Is this a lame try to make a realistic superhero movie? Superhero movies are suppose to be unrealistic, atleast in my world. And who are we suppose to like? Batman is clearly an asshole in this movie. The Joker got likable jokes and dialog, so I guess thats what they try to. Make people like The Joker. But wtf, isnt this a Batman movie?
The movie had some good action scenes, and some thrilling scenes, but nothing more. The gadgets was terrible. The mobilephone tracker glasses GPS thing was ridiculous. Why make something so unrealistic into a movie that try hard to be realistic.
Well the movie did a good job scare away my braincells, and its to bad that the movie makes it impossible to gain some.
4/10
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TDK
Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks ago on 17 February 2009 01:51
(A review of The Dark Knight)This movie was awesome. Heath did a really good job acting as the joker. I could watch it a million times. I didn't find it creepy at all, i found it just awesome. There was no mistakes in making the movie, no mess ups, or anything. I just wish that Heath could of played the joker throughout the whole movie.
-Jimmy-
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the dark knight
Posted : 10 months, 3 weeks ago on 21 December 2008 10:09
(A review of The Dark Knight)this movie was awsome with all the graphis and everything they really didnt mess anything up.
i fell sad for leadger though.
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More like "The Dull Movie Night"
Posted : 11 months ago on 13 December 2008 08:33
(A review of The Dark Knight)"How comes you gave the Dark Knight 1 out of 10?"
Strange. I have been away from the site, today I hear a guy laughing on voice chat in Paltalk, and it reminded me of the Joker in Batman. Then, I tried to recall a site I found through Last.fm. This is not the site, but I realized I haven't been on here in a while.
To answer the question, 1 means I haven't seen it. Read the "About me" section in my profile. However, I have seen it since, and it's a 2 which means the same as you probably expected. So, here is my review which will serve as a reply and will be updated if need be.
When I was a child, I watched the TV series Batman with Adam West and enjoyed it immensely. My favorite parts were scenes in the batcave. I probably had a WWF appreciation for the fight scenes back then. It almost had a circus feel to it.
The Dark Knight lacked any real grab. It started off dull and just continued with old bits I have seen numerous times. It was a mix of A Clockwork Orange and your typical Hollywood shoot'em up movie taking place in some fictional high ranking city.
Also, there was complete failure in depicting a superhero movie in a real life setting. This is something that the producers must have spent 2 seconds on and neglected. With Superman Returns and Transformers, you can see the divide between real and not so real characters coming together. The Joker was just thrown into Gotham City like the daily newspaper, and people accepted him like a disease rather than an invader representing evil (think Superman 2 with the 3 Kryptonian criminals).
Throughout the movie, I wasn't asking myself, "How will normal people deal with this invasion of some foreign entity", but rather, "Who else can be part of this movie (like The Penguin or Catwoman)".
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Dark hero!
Posted : 11 months, 1 week ago on 7 December 2008 09:08
(A review of The Dark Knight)A large part of Dark Knight goes to Heath Ledger for his "The Joker" portrayal. Every scene in which Ledger appeared was riveting. His speech, mannerisms and his dialog were fantastic. For the latter, I have to commend the screen writers who gave Ledger some great lines!
Actually, he and Aaron Eckert, who played "Harvey 'Two Face' Dent," were most of the show, character-wise. Maggie Gyllenhaal was good, too, as "Rachel Dawes," the woman of both Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent's affections. Otherwise, the familiar good guys - Christopher Bale as "Batman," Michael Caine as "Alfred," Gary Oldman as Inspector/Commishoner Gordan" and Morgan Freeman as "Lucius Fox" were okay but all more interesting in the previous film, "Batman Begins." Speaking of Fox, his high-and-mighty attitude toward Wayne's surveillance system was disappointing to hear. I had thought he had trust in Bruce Wayne. Also, I was sorry to hear the language deteriorate in the final half hour with some unneeded profanity by some inconsequential character.
Overall, however, this latest Batman movie ranks among the best of any I've seen, at least on the first viewing. I'm looking forward to watching it again when the Blu-Ray disc comes out next month. This is a great film to enjoy visually and audibly with some fantastic action scenes and excellent dialog.
I had heard that Batman was a "dark" and almost unlikable figure, himself, in this film but I did not find that. Hey, he did what he had to do to stop a maniacal killer (which "Fox" didn't understand., nor some of the other main characters.) For a guy who has provided nothing but good deeds for the fickle citizens of Gotham over the years, this hero certainly doesn't appear to be appreciated......except by his fans of comics and film.
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It's The Godfather of comic book & superhero films
Posted : 11 months, 2 weeks ago on 29 November 2008 08:00
(A review of The Dark Knight)Come here. Hey! Look at me. So I had a wife, beautiful, like you, who tells me I worry too much. Who tells me I ought to smile more. Who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks... look at me! One day, they carve her face. And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it. I just want to see her smile again, hmm? I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars. So . . . I stick a razor in my mouth and do this . . . to myself. And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves. Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling!
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller
Running time: 152 minutes
My review:
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits.
The Dark Knight is an absolutely phenomenal film. It is a film that I am sure that everybody loves or likes. Everyone I have spoken to so far have said its awesome. It is a masterpiece of comic book films. It is stated to be The Godfather: Part II of comic book adaptations and I agree with that 100%. The Dark Knight is an exciting action packed thrill ride that every single scene in the whole film is just amazing. I knew that this film was going to be one of my favourite films ever because I was deeply fascinated by everything about it like watching videos like trailers, interviews etc. I also looked on how they filmed it. Not many films have ever brought that to my attention before. I can only think of The Dark Knight, Sweeney Todd, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King and Forrest Gump. To me, those three films are the perfect films. I loved the characters within The Dark Knight and how well it was filmed. There will never be any better Batman film and maybe not even better comic book film neither. It is the intense action that kept me glued to this film from start to finish. It was action that looked so realistic and made me feel really great because that sort of action has never really been seen properly in a Batman film before. It did in Batman Begins but not as much intense action as The Dark Knight. This film was slightly like a remake of Tim Burtons Batman (1989) not only because of Batman vs. the Joker but because it involves Harvey Dent again and also because of the similar technology used but The Dark Knight is better and better adapted together.
The acting was awesome from the whole cast. Christian Bale delivers a better performance as Bruce Wayne/Batman because Christian made a slightly newer Batman because it is more of a darker one because of how he saves people and gets rid of the criminals. Christian is a really good example for Batman in this film because he is still a young Batman whereas Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney have been slightly older Batmans. Christian is still the best Batman actor so far because as I have said that he makes Bruce a really personal and troubled character more than the other three actors have in the previous films. The performance from the late Heath Ledger was absolutely phenomenal because Ledger makes the Joker his very own character and makes Jacks Joker worth a Razzie nomination than an Oscar one. But Ledgers Joker is a completely different Joker. Jacks is more comical and is more suitable for Tim Burton and comic book adaptations. But Heaths is more of a serious Joker because Heaths Joker is a very mysterious character that nobody knows why he is the way he is. Heath makes the Joker a twisted character that is ruthless and doesnt care who or what he kills. Jacks Joker was to kill people for like revenge because of what happened to him but Heaths is like he does it for pleasure which is why I find both Heaths performance and Heaths Joker character better. It is quite bizarre at the start because Heath was only 27 or 28 years old during filming of The Dark Knight and he was underestimated at first because he was so young and he had never portrayed a villain before in his young career neither. He is the youngest actor to have portrayed the Joker after Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson. Heaths make-up, costume and voice is very different compared to the previous Jokers. At first, I thought how can Heath produce a voice with a soft yet psychotic voice when he has a very very deep booming voice himself. But I underestimated myself and proved myself wrong. I was fascinated by Heaths ambition for the Joker because he wanted to make the Joker a powerful character in which he did. It was a damn shame that he passed away before this film was released because I know how proud he would have been of himself as the Joker. His death was because of an accidental drug overdose. I think it was sleeping pills because he couldnt sleep because the Joker was a dark character. It sort of seemed like the Joker killed Heath Ledger. I dont mean that in a nasty way but it just seems like that because of the drugs he was using. Heaths performance is definitely on the list for greatest film villains of all time and most importantly he will probably be a nominee and will probably win an Academy Award for his portrayal of the Joker. I really hope he does win the Oscar because he deserves it! I have to call Heath Ledgers Joker my all-time favourite movie character not because of Heath Ledgers passing but because I just thought the character was so powerful and new from the original Jokers. The Joker is one of the reasons why I think that villain characters are more powerful than hero characters. I basically loved everything about it: voice, appearance, personality and what he does because it is such a powerful character than is a fearful character that not many actors can do with characters. Others are Hannibal Lecter in The Silence Of The Lambs, Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men, Norman Bates in Psycho and Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker is in my opinion the best performance by a supporting actor. Also, Heath Ledger is one of my all-time favourite actors not because he died and have to feel sympathy for him but because he was an extremely rare talent who can portray all sorts of different types of characters. I didnt just like his performance in this film but I loved his performance as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain too. Heath will earn Oscar and Golden Globe in this film as the Joker I can guarantee. I think it is because of Heath Ledger, this film is so successful and is more sucessful than it probably would have been if Heath Ledger was still alive. Because of this film, I do find it overrated but a damn good reason though. This is Heaths film and he deserves pretty much all the credit for the acting. This is one of his films that we were all waiting a very long time for. R.I.P. Heath Ledger. Who can hate Michael Caine? He is really good again as Alfred with a great supporting performance. I liked Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman in this film as Gordon and Lucius Fox. Aaron Eckharts performance as District Attorney Harvey Dent is absolutely brilliant. His performance is second best after Heath Ledger obviously. He made Harvey a true hero who then becomes tortured and becomes Two-Face after something happens. His performance is probably far better than Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever. Maggie Gyllenhaal was a better choice for Rachel Dawes than Katie Holmes because it felt like Maggie really tried as Rachel but like Katie didnt try at all.
The direction was absolutely superb from the great Christopher Nolan. He brings together a film that has become very different compared to the other Batman films but has made a big difference in comic book adaptations. His camera angles were outstanding in this film. My favourite direction scene from Nolan is when Joker crashes the party and he walks towards Rachel and walks around her. It is like the camera is following the Joker around but then spins around in circles. When the Joker is telling Rachel the story of how he got the scars on his face, the camera goes round in circles but unexpectedly stops at a great moment. It is like Nolan wants us to feel the chemistry and tension between all of the characters. The script was really awesome. It was cleverly adapted and was very new for a Batman film and was very creative.
This film was different compared to every other Batman film because it reveals Batmans true colours and what his main purpose is and also how he might be only used in Gotham to get rid of crime within the city. It followed at the exact end of Batman Begins but I have to say that I dont think the Scarecrow reappearance was that revelant because we all knew that it was going to be the Joker in this one so werent expecting the Scarecrow in it again. It is darker than Batman Begins which is why I liked The Dark Knight.
The chemistry between Batman and the Joker was absolutely fantastic in this film which is why I have to say that Christian Bale and Heath Ledgers partnership in this film is one of my favourite partnerships of all time. It is quite strange really because both Bale and Ledger are young hunky men and it is a very powerful and quality ensemble of acting when they are in scenes together which makes it very different compared to Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton. I liked Harvey Dents relationship with Rachel because I found that they were partners with a good combination but I have to say I couldnt really feel the love between them as I didnt between Rachel and Bruce neither. I liked the chemistry between the Joker and Harvey Dent too because they form a rivalry really cleverly even though they dont appear in many scenes together. Especially when Harvey becomes Two-Face.
This film was quite violent because of the Jokers threatening attitudes with his knife and how he kills his victims. It is all realistic violence. It was mostly blood violence that was involved in this masterpiece.
The sound effects were absolutely brilliant. It was very loud in the cinema and was exactly accurate as far as getting the sound at the correct moments is concerned. The costumes were really good. It seemed like Batman had a new suit in this one because the suit aswell as the Batman voice seemed very different compared to Batman Begins. The best costume is obviously the Jokers. The make-up is absolutely outstanding too. The Jokers make-up is superb aswell as Batmans but the best is the make-up on Two-Face because it looked like a real face that is half missing so to speak. It is partly computer aswell but it is make up too because of the colorful injuries that Harvey had.
The Academy Awards havent come yet but I think that it will be nominated for either Best Leading Actor or Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger as the Joker, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Adapted Screenplay for Jonathan and Christopher Nolan, Best Sound Mixing and Editing, Best Make-Up and Best Music Score. It may be lucky if it earns Best Picture.
This is my favourite Nolan film. He hasnt done one bad film yet. I do love Batman Begins and The Prestige but I do really like Memento and Insomnia. Its my favourite film from everyone in the cast. It is in my opinion the best action film ever made. The Dark Knight isnt a superhero film, it is THE superhero film which makes it the greatest superhero film ever made. It is the Godfather of comic book films. It is the best film of 2008 so far. It will probably be my favourite film of 2008. It is one of my all-time favourite films and one of the three perfect films for me which are The Dark Knight, Forrest Gump and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street which are and hopefull always will be my top 3 films of all time. There will never be any better superhero film than The Dark Knight and there wont be any better Christopher Nolan film neither than The Dark Knight. Masterpiece!!!
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Awesome
Posted : 12 months ago on 14 November 2008 02:41
(A review of The Dark Knight)This was a really surprisingly great film. I didn't like the actor that played The Batman but that's a person opinion, regardless it was a good film. I would highly recommend, and it is a definite buy on my list.
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Can't get enough
Posted : 1 year ago on 21 October 2008 10:36
(A review of The Dark Knight)I wish I could go higher than 10/10. After all the waiting, all the hype, all the rumors....it met and exceeded my expectations. And I can't get enough of it. I've seen it 6 times (so far) and it's like the first time, every time. Every time the Joker laughs, I get chills down my spine. Every time there's even the slightest hint to anything else in the Bat Universe, I get excited all over again.
I've been a Batman fan since I was 2 years old and this was the movie I've been waiting my whole life to see. Everyone did a fantastic job, Heath especially. The Joker jumped right off the comic pages into the movie. He is amazing.
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A dawn of unrivalled Chaos,
Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 17 August 2008 03:44
(A review of The Dark Knight)
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
Christian Bale: Bruce Wayne / Batman
Heath Ledger: The Joker
The Dark Knight basically begins from where Batman Begins left us last time. Things have changed and a new maniacal nemesis is at large. Cleverly we are instantly thrown into a ensuing bank robbery with some sharp modern music. The first segments of Dark Knight already firmly establish this is going to be a piece of unrivaled greatness.
When we get onto Batman and his antics we find that he has been imitated by others and his old friend Scarecrow is still up to no good, with shifty dealings. What follows are some brilliant action pieces blended with superb acting, with Actors of class under Nolan's direction being used to perfection.
Christian Bale as the dual identity Bruce & Batman, really shows us he's settled into the role. Giving a deep growling Batman with beast like grating tones and a seemingly unlimited strength and fury. As Bruce Wayne, on the outside to Gotham he's still that rich, complacent playboy who's living the life of luxury and at the same time burdening responsibilities and dark secrets.
Maggie Gyllenhall as Rachel Dawes was for me one of the surprises of Dark Knight. I'm sorry but she may be a fine actress but she just wasn't attractive enough, her acting isn't at all in question, it was bold. I reckon they should of stayed with Katie Holmes for this sequel, for then even the people that didn't like her in the role would be happy, considering the outcome at least. I on the one hand wasn't phased when push came to shove and said character was gone from play, in my mind she did start to slow down the film.
''Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair!''
Now Heath Ledger playing Joker, what can I say? Partly the huge success and interest has been due to this great Actor's performance being witnessed. After all this is Heath's last film he finished. Going on to his performance as Joker I have to say he is perfection, everytime he's on screen he's mesmerizing, every little thing he does which ranges from the sick depraved to the downright mad. Heath Ledger was a chameleon, a method actor, who had the ability to change, to shape himself into any part he played. Dark Knight is one of the finest examples of this, truly blasting Jack Nicholson's version apart and I guarantee an Oscar for him, or for his memory and in honour of this talent. I loved how immersed Heath had become in the Joker even giving us details to how his face had gotten into it's current state and his abusive childhood and father. Whenever we have a villain there is always a reason to how he got to that point and Nolan uses Heath to get this across effortlessly.
Joker never seized to make me laugh in appreciation despite what could be considered sick antics, I considered genius.
Who else could do a pen trick with someone's head? Dress as a nurse with a silencer in hand and his clownish face glistening? Hide in a body-bag to infiltrate a mob boss's joint? Who else could immortalize Batman's most famous nemesis Joker? Without a doubt Heath Ledger bar none.
''You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.''
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two Face was a really interesting character. He played this politician extremely well, with all his good intentions and honourable ways, Harvey hides a dark side too. References to his coin are used regularly and help us understand the reasons for his later fascination with chance and luck deciding fate. I think Harvey Dent was covered nicely in this, getting across the whole growing hate he supposedly receives from Batman after he saves him and unfortunately Rachel isn't so lucky. Two-face, Harvey's alter-ego to my mind wasn't really that developed which is understandable given the amount of detail here to cram in and what with the Joker unleashed Nolan still does a top notch job. The effects on his face were breath-taking although I was starting to worry that Dark Knight maybe becoming unrealistic and veering towards more cartoony details in it's villains. But same with Batman Begins the Scarecrow was slightly more comic like and I found the whole realism in both Begins and Dark Knight to be a major achievement to me.
''Sometimes, truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.''
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon really excelled in his role this time. Not only does Gordon have more to do but he's in this awesome trio of Harvey, Bats and himself working together to save and help Gotham. I'm really pleased Gary Oldman & Heath Ledger got to do a scene together too, not to mention Bale too. The chemistry they all share and the talent rocketed through anything and everything. Nolan cleverly keeps the aspect of Gordon's family being important to him and later we remember this, and it helps us relate to his character when things unravel.
Morgan Freeman & Michael Caine seem to have less to do this time round. With Caine taking most of the first half of the movie while Freeman takes the 2nd half to his chest.
The Dark Knight was everything I expected it to be and it's certainly the dark masterpiece I predicted, but I do get the feeling that it's been overly hyped for what it consists of. See it not just for Heath's performance which is a defining and immortalized, but also see it because Dark Knight is the greatest comic book/graphic novel to movie ever. DC comics & Warner Bros. must be beaming right now with this piece of gold.
Dark Knight really does have the last laugh. An astonishing achievement that really does follow up a masterpiece. Let's face it, a sequel is coming, without the need to get Two-Face to call it for us, we know it's coming Nolan.
Perfection.
''Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.''
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