The Dark Knight(2008)- User Reviews

After all the hype and anticipation and even the opening weekend gross, "The Dark Knight" has delivered on every thing it promised. Easily ranked as my number one pick for movie of the decade, Christopher Nolan has created a piece of cinema history.

Unlike Batman Begins, which was a film that had to grow on me, TDK, had my attention from the very first scene and all the way past the closing credits. Never in all my years of watching movies have I ever been intrigued by a cleverly written script or even performances from the likes of Gary Oldman, the late Heath Ledger, or Aaron Eckhart. Mesmorizing is this tale of the transistion from "The Batman" to "The Dark Knight."

I admit I was skeptical when learning that Heath Ledger was cast to be The Joker and thought he could never dethrone Jack Nicholson's interpretation in the 1989 classic, "BATMAN". I'm eating my words as I'm writing this and feeling foolish for underestimating Heath's brilliant acting abilities. His take on the Joker is by far the best portrayal I've ever seen. Unlike Nicholson, Heath's Joker is a self proclaimed agent of caos. A disturbing menace to Bale's Batman and shockingly unpredictable.

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman is also very convincing, although his voice as Batman may aggrivate some people who may not get what his voice change adds to the character. I also like the conversations that Bruce Wayne has with Alfred, Lucious Fox, and surprisingly Harvey Dent. As both Harvey Dent and the inevitable transformation that's to come, Eckhart easily gives the second best performance in which the the first is unquestionably Heath's Joker.

After the movie, I felt like I just got off a two and half hour roller coaster ride. Even though I felt exhausted, I was fully satisfied and as you can see I can appreciate the vision Nolan has and all I can do is encourage anyone who hasn't seen a great movie recently to watch "The Dark Knight" and see if U too can catch Nolan's vision.