The Dark Knight Review Film (2008)

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B ATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT DVD
REVIEW

Certificate: 15

Genre: A ction

Chris' Verdict On The Dark Knight DVD: 10/10- "This is by far and
away my favourite movie of the year and maybe even of the decade.
Bale and Ledger are both sensational. I loved the Dark Knight from start
to finish."

Ellie's Verdict on The Dark Knight DVD: 8/10- "I am never normally a
fan of superhero movies and I did not enjoy Batman Begins so I was
expecting more of the same from the Dark Knight. Instead, I loved it from
start to finish and I am definitely buying it on DVD!"

For more information read the review below

Film Release date: 18th July 2008

The Dark Knight DVD Movie Review

While this is not the second ever Batman film, it is the second in the series of the
recent films with Christian Bale starring as the masked vigilante. The Dark Knight
has taken Batman much further and is much longer than you may have expected.
It is a remake of the original Batman starring the Joker. Instead of Jack Nicholson,
Heath Ledger takes the role of psychotic smiling criminal mastermind who seems
hell bent for destroying Gotham. It is the usual story of Batman saving Gotham
City from destructive but this film has a much greater depth than all the previous
other Batman films. The schemes and methods of deception are intelligent and
engaging. It is important that you concentrate from the start so you can keep track
of everything that is happening and fully appreciate the films.

As you might expect from a Hollywood superhero movie, the action is spectacular.
There are numerous car chasing scenes involving the bat mobile, not to mention
the complete destruction of a hospital along with other high quality explosions.
However, while in your normal Hollywood superhero movies the action may have
been the main draw to the film, Dark Knight offers much more and for me the
action became more of a side show rather than the main event. The new team
behind Batman have been able to take the story and plot to a whole new level.
There is so much more character depth and many more sub-plots. However, the
main focus of the story is still the Joker trying to rob the citizens blind and kill
Batman in the process.

One of the main assets of this recent Batman film, The Dark Knight is its
spectacular cast. Nearly every major part is filled by Hollywood A-listers including
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and countless
more. By far the two best performing stars are the main protagonists themselves,
Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Bale is utterly convincing a ruthless and even
scary figure that managed to show a more sinister side than in previous films. In
The Dark Knight we see an angry and even vengeful side to Batman's character
which is far away from the charm and collected figure we associate with the older
film. With regards to Heath Ledger, he had some big shoes to fill by taking over a
role that had been previously performed by Jack Nicholson. However, for me, he
did not just match Nicholson he was far and away the better Joker. Ledger's
performance was fantastic and was left imprinted on me for some time after I had
seen the film. Had the Dark Knight been in a different genre then he may have
been in line for an Oscar.

Ultimately, when am I looking to find some negative to put in this Dark Knight movie
review to try and give a balanced view I really can not find any. I was a truly
gripping film that was able to tick absolutely every box. It had romance,
action,drama,tragedy, comedy and so much more. This is the film everyone will be
talking about for a long time to come so go and see it! I had already pre-ordered
my copy on DVD :)

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