The Dark Knight

The Cast/Crew:

Directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento)
Written by Christopher Nolan (Memento) and Jonathan Nolan (source writer of Mement0)

The Basic Synopsis:

OK. I'll give this a shot. The Joker (the late Heath Ledger of Brokeback Mountain) wants to kill Batman (Christian Bale) or at least make him give up his identity. The Joker enjoys torturing people and putting them in crazy positions (imagine Saw only about 1000 times better) such as forcing someone to blow up a boat of prisoners instead of getting their boat blown up. At the same time, Batman's childhood friend Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gylenhall) is dating the D.A. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart.) Batman feels that gotham needs a hero with a face (Harvey Dent) and not an unnamed hero like Batman. The Joker decides that either Batman gives up his identity, or he kills at least one person until Batman reveals himself.

How it Turned Out:

I usually don't like to say things like this, but this is probably the best superhero film I have ever seen in my life. I don't believe any performance (superhero or not) of the past decade and come close to the magnitude of Ledger. He eclipses his mindblowing performance in Brokeback Mountain by reading his lines in a very strange way. I can't explain what he's doing, but he manages to pull off a very strange voice that you would never expect any sane man to pull off.

What's so great about it?

Calling it a superhero film would make you incorrect. It's more like a very dark comedy mixed with neo-noir with strange costumes. It breaks the boundaries of formula that most superhero based films are chained to. This is not only one of the best films of the 21st century, but will probably be one of the most groundbreaking. The weekend hasn't even reached Sunday, but it's probably going to be the most money a film has made on opening weekend.

The Bottom Line:

4/4 Stars. Enough said...