REVIEW: THE DARK KNIGHT

"You'll either die as a hero or live long enough to see yourself as a villain..."
- Harvey Dent

"This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. "
- The Joker

"Mix these two concepts into the same movie and you get the one of the greatest movie of all time"
- V (yup... it's me)


This is perhaps the most complex and accomplished super hero movie that I’ve seen so far. Darker than batman begins this movie tells the story of Bruce Wayne and his other life as the caped crusader “THE BATMAN" and how batman is pushed to the limit of almost breaking the only rule that he has. And the guy pushing batman is perhaps the most horrifying and the scariest villain of our time "THE JOKER". The Joker doesn't wanna kill batman instead he thinks that the batman completes him.

I am sure that everyone reading this review already knows more about the plot of THE DARK KNIGHT than what I could write without spoilers. Let me just say that it is a pleasure watching this movie. This movie had unprecedented internet and media buzz than any other movie. So even a single mistake in any field of the movie would’ve disappointed us but fortunately I don’t feel that there is a single thing that I didn’t like about this movie. Actually I should say that the movie actually surpassed all my huge expectations (I still don’t know how Christopher Nolan managed to do so!!)

Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine are some of the guys retained from Batman begins. Needless to say they fit their respective roles to the best. Maggie Gyllenhall replaces Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes. She plays the love interest of Harvey Dent and also Bruce Wayne. Although I like Katie Holmes more than Maggie, I cannot say Katie was better because Maggie did perform her role with great ease. This leaves us with the three main characters of the film to write about. Harvey Dent, Batman and The Joker.

Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent ‘ The White Knight ‘ of Gotham city is astonishing. His characterization is outstanding as both Harvey the D.A and as Harvey two-face. Honestly I’ve never noticed this guy before but man did he get my attention in this movie or what? Great work man.

Poor Christian Bale is the unsung hero of this film. The Guy excels as the rich Bruce Wayne and as the Caped Crusader. I can easily say that this guy is the best BATMAN. Bale expresses all the battle going on inside his mind quite clearly and that is what the whole movie is about. Unfortunately for him, his performance is completely over-shadowed by The Joker.

Heath Ledger as the Joker is a revelation. Scary as hell Joker is someone you should see to believe. Heath Ledger performs this role with such elegance it makes Jack Nicholson of the original Batman movie look like a villain of some animated kids’ flick. Heath’s performance is going to haunt you even long after you’ve left the movie hall. His walk, licking the lips, dialogues everything is amazing. One would run out of adjectives describing his performance. Too sad he is not here to enjoy all the praise he’s getting.

The stunts of the movie are outstanding too just like all other aspects of this movie. Watch out for Batman jumping from the top of the Hong kong building or flipping joker’s truck. Simply awesome. Visually the film is amazing. I’ve never seen such a beautiful Gotham city.

Christopher Nolan, what can I say about him. After The Following, Memento, Insomnia, The prestige, batman begins and now TDK I wonder whether he’ll ever do something that is uninteresting. This is not an ordinary super hero film. It is much more serious, complex, dark and powerful. All credits go to Nolan for making this brave attempt. Nolan packs this movie with lot of shocks. He has shot all the sequences with such élan that one should see to believe. Not even a single scene was uninteresting for the entire 2 ½ hrs.

What am I trying to say?? This is the best super hero movie that I’ve seen and also one of the best movie of all time according to me. Everyone should try this movie at least once. When I walked out of the movie hall I didn’t ask myself whether I liked this movie… because I knew that I loved it. So I asked myself how many times will I see it? And the answer is at least 10.

P.S: I expected this movie so much that I wondered what I would do after seeing it… will anything else interest me??? Then I realized that something would eventually interest me until then I can just keep watching this masterpiece again and again!!!

“LETS PUT A SMILE ON THAT FACE”

RATING: 10/10


P.S 2: In the 1989 BATMAN, Jack Nicholson asks “What crazy world are we living in where a man likes to dress himself as a bat?” Yes Jack, it is a crazy world. A crazy world without rules. THE JOKER’S WORLD

- V