Dark Knight Review

                The Dark Knight is the 2008 released Batman film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale. This movie follows Batman’s continuous struggle to create peace and a crime free Gotham, but this endeaver becomes impossible with the expansive mob underworld in Gotham and when the Joker comes to the limelight, his mission is made nearly impossible. The Joker is the ultimate symbol of chaos as he is  hellbent on  causing as much  terror in Gotham as possible just for the pure enjoyment of watching people suffer . While at the same time, Batman is fighting with himself over his decision of being a masked vigilante, since no one seems to want him and more people seem to be dying because of his presence. This brings a struggle in the city as many want Gotham to be saved from such danger, but at the same they want Batman to be incarcerated for bringing such danger to the city. 

                The Dark Knight is the pivotal Batman film, super hero film and even action film because of its iconic characters, incredible acting and superb script. This film will for sure become a classic film that everyone will see and if anyone hasn’t seen this film yet, I say that they need to right away! This is the best that a superhero film can be as it stays strong with the source material and doesn’t try to soften the characters up in any way and stands its ground with the mature themes and violence. This is the epidemy of what a Batman film should be like and ultimately makes it hard for anyone to ever try to remake Batman after the way Christopher Nolan was able to portray him. The script was incredible in this film as so many of the quotes were so powerful and deep that it made for a lot of thinking during an action film, a rarity these days. The acting was also superb where Bale was able to portray the brooding and psychologically distraught Batman as well as the confidant, relaxed Bruce Wayne. As well Heath Ledger was able to show the Joker incredibly as you are truly scared about this mad man and yet at the same time he is very comical about such dark themes.

                The setting in this film was incredibly realized as from the very beginning you could tell that the city of Gotham was a corrupt and crime ridden city that was being manipulated by the criminals. This creates a very dark tone for the movie as you truly feel that there is no way for Gotham to come back as a civillized society , but with the first time you see Batman and Dent, you begin to feel a sense of hope for Gotham. This feeling of hope is continuously played with and tinkered with in the movie as when Dent begins to do more to save Gotham, the Joker does more to cause chaos. This constant struggle for control of Gotham is incredibly interesting and really adds a lot to the personal connections to the characters, as different people will side with different characters to win in the end. 
              The filming was also incredible as in some action films it is hard to understand what is happening because of the quick cuts, but in this film the use of camera work was very effective as we are able to fully appreciate the fighting scenes and all the quiet scenes. Music was also used very well as it was always used to create a sense of suspense for what is coming, foreshadowing that something important is coming. But since the story is so great the thing that happens is always such a surprise that the obvious suspenseful music doesn’t spoil anything, but instead plays on it. The use of props was also very interesting as what would Batman be without his belt of gadgets and weapons. His different gadgets provided a lot of surprises with the shear amount of unique things he had. In conclusion this is a great film, I give it a 10/10. Go watch this movie!