The Dark Knight – Best Movie Ever?

SPOILER ALERT! You’ve been warned…

After seeing this film (yes, I called it a film) for the second time last night (yes I paid to see it twice), I felt I needed to write about it. By far one of the best, if not the best film I have seen in my entire life. This review on IMDB pretty much sums up my feelings.

An imperishable, spectacular and chaotically-brilliant movie. The Dark Knight possesses the essence that should always exist in the handover from comics to the big screen. Sequence after sequence, this is the absolute glory. A great movie that does not give a single frame to breathe. An ode to chaos and anarchy, while shares are confronted inevitably lead to a path dirty, black and hostile. A real Gotham City, dominated by fear.

This is the best film of the year. Simply, ladies and gentlemen, The Dark Knight belongs to a category where no comic adaptation could enter before.

Thanks Christopher Nolan. Simply, thank you for a film that’s a lot more than the typical film based on comic books.

Speaking of IMDB, I see it has jumped to the #1 best movie of all time, even after 91097 votes! Personally, I think it belongs there, or at least should be in the same company as films such as The Godfather. Anyway, I don’t understand why The Godfather has such an ‘untouchable’ aurora around it. Yes it is a great film and possibly the best, but why do people instantly dismiss any chance that any other film could be just as good or even better? I think The Dark Knight is definitely on par.

Not only that, but this film falls into a extremely rare category for a sequel in that it is better than the original (from the Christopher Nolan era). Just look at Batman Begins, that in itself was an awesome film which I was raving about after as well. Probably because I went in with extremely low expectations, but with The Dark Knight I was fearful that it had been overhyped. I shouldn’t have worried because it exceeded even my high expectations. I’ve come to the conclusion that it is not possible to overhype this film.

Not to mention the quality of the acting! I have to admit I was a skeptic at first about the talk about Heath Ledger getting an Oscar for this role, but I have been converted. He was absolutely brilliant as the Joker and truly worthy of the award. I also have to mention Aaron Eckhart, who really sold the character of Harvey Dent and his transformation into Two-Face.

Yes this movie is quite long, but never is there a dull moment, and it never drags along. Nolan has done a suburb job bringing the history of the characters to the spotlight providing depth to the characters not seen before in comic book adaptations. Much the same could be said for Batman Begins too. The other interesting fact that it is probably the only film I’ve seen where a main villain is introduced three quarters of the way through and killed at the end. Or is he?

Not only is there action, but there are some thought provoking moments as well. I love the saying “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Even the whole concept of the dark knight is contrasted to the consistent motif of Harvey Dent being Gotham City’s white knight. Then at the end when Batman makes his escape, Gordon states that Batman is the real hero, or rather, the dark knight. Brilliant.

After doing some digging on Christopher Nolan, I found out that he also directed The Prestige and Memento which are two more awesome films. This guy is definitely a talent and I cant wait to see more of his work.

Anyway to all those people who just want to hate on all pop culture because they are pretentious pricks, and to those who think The Godfather is untouchable I just have one question to ask you…

Why so serious?