Movie Reviewed: The Dark Knight

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As promised, in honor of the Dark Knight Rises, it's time for a review of the Dark Knight, the movie that pretty much guaranteed that TDKR will make an absurd amount of money.

In A Nutshell:
After the events of Batman Begins, Gotham's underworld now lives in fear of the caped crusader, as well as of idealistic DA Harvey Dent, who's determined to clean up the streets legally. The mob is in so much trouble that they bring in the make-up wearing terrorist known as the Joker for help. And from this point on we have an intense, dark, and at times very disturbing story of the war between Joker and Batman.

The Good:
Everything. This movie is amazing. It truly is. So where do I begin?

This movie is intense and amazing to watch. The action and set pieces alone are incredible, with stuff like a truck flipping over, the bat-cycle going up a wall, and the Joker firing a bazooka to get what he wants. The tone of the movie is perfect, an intense and very dark. It grabs and won't let you go until the very end. The plot rules too; the Joker trying to pretty much drag as many people to hell with him as possible keeps you not only engaged, but enthralled. And of course you've got some of the best acting ever: Christian Bale brings all the conflicted antihero and throat infection voice to the table the movie needs and then some, Gary Oldman kicks ass the troubled Lt. Gordon, Maggie Ghylenhaal (I probably didn't spell that right) is a better Rachel Dawes then Katie Holmes, Aaron Echhart is amazing as both Harvey Dent and his... other character, Morgan Freeman is, well, Morgan Freeman, and even Alfred rules here, going beyond old man comedy relief. And of course you've Heath Ledger as the Joker in one of the best performances ever (see "Top 10 Villainous Performances for further details). Okay, now here's the thing: there is absolutely nothing I can say about this movie that hasn't already been said by film scholars, movie critics, comic book nerds, and Christopher Nolan's family, which is why this review isn't very long. The bottom line is that the Dark Knight is incredible on every level imaginable, and if you haven't seen it, then I don't even what planet you're living on.

The Bad:
I got nothing. Seriously, I didn't think anything was even mildly wrong with this movie (and I already gave my opinion on Christian Bale's Batman, thank you very much).

Final Rating: 100% (I think this is the first time I've ever given out 100%)


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