The Dark Knight

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Action & Adventure

Are you in Heath?

Disclaimer: I am not a movie critic and I don’t know the scientific way of reviewing a film. Ergo, this is not a film review.

Synopsis courtesy of IMDb: Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) continues to eliminate crime in Gotham City with the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). The Dark Knight wants to finally get rid of organized crime for good and be free of their corruption. Batman soon finds that a new psychopathic mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger) has taken over organized crime. After the fall of Carmine Falcone, the remaining crime bosses try to pick up the pieces. However, the Joker is killing them off one by one. The Joker's plan is to terrify the citizens and throw the city into chaos, and then kill Batman. Batman takes the fight with the Joker personal, which makes him confront his own beliefs. The Joker is the most dangerous criminal that Batman has encountered, and he will need all his strength and vigilance to defeat him.


If Gotham City were real, I wouldn’t want to live there. Crimes happen in a blink of an eye, banks are robbed by clowns in broad daylight, terrorists are your friendly neighbors, and lives are taken in a snap.

The movie features a strong cast, with Christian Bale as Batman, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. Bale is so far the only Batman I can put up with (I don’t really care much for ex-Bruce Waynes Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney).

We’ve all read how critics rave over the performance of the late Heath Ledger, with many of them pushing for an Oscar nomination. “Ledger offers perfect pitch, perfect tone, his Joker hits all the right notes,” said Sam Rubin, an LA entertainment correspondent.

Another also said that his performance here is even better than his Brokeback Mountain role for which he was nominated for an Oscar. I so totally agree. I watched BM and his Ennis Del Mar portrayal was truly breath-taking. He wasn’t just Ennis, he breathes Ennis.

I read in a Dark Knight review that perhaps, it helped that Ledger was hidden behind make-up so we can focus on the character and forget (even for a while) the actor’s fate.

In the latter part of the movie, while suspended upside down from a rope, the Joker smiles and tells Batman: "I think you and I are destined to do this forever." For Joker, yes, but unfortunately not for Heath.

Some Joker scenes to watch out for: the “disappearing pencil”, a psycho-terrorist walking away in a nurse uniform, and a silent shot of him aboard a police car, hair blown by the wind.

Directed by Christopher Nolan.
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