Great movie..... one of the best as far as the whole batman idea. Good graphics, and yet so sad because of heath.....

Ok I just finished watching this movie. I have to say had Heath Ledger not died during the filming of this movie it would have been a flop. I was not impressed one little bit. Where to start, and what do I say.

The actor that they had playing bat man was in my opinion not very good. He was nice to look at and he had a nice body but other than being eye candy he really could not act. He mumbled under his breath when he was batman making it nearly impossible to follow what he was saying. He did speak fine when he was Bruce Wayne. I have to say that in my opinion Michael Keaton was the best batman ever. Followed very closely by Val Kilmer.

Heath was in my opinion not a good joker. He really did not fit the part. It seemed that the whole time he was acting never truly becoming the part. Making it very hard to like the movie. Once again I have to look to the past for the best joker ever and that was Jack Nicholson he made the Joker the mad man he was.

The entire movie seemed pushed and rushed. There was no heartfelt acting in this movie. With every other batman movie I have seen there was feeling and emotion in the movie. This one how ever it was just a movie and every one was playing there roles sadly not to the best of their ability.

I have to say that the best part of this movie was the ending. I would not have wasted the money to buy this movie had I known the truth. This is nothing in comparison to even the worst batman movie from the 90's.

Summary: Best part of this movie was the end.

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One thing I'm not attuned to is hype. When this movie was released and the surrounding events after this movie (notably Heath Ledger's death) I refused to watch it. I wasn't going to let critics, press or even peoples adulation cloud my view on a film that I wanted to decide on for myself.

It came on Sky Premier recently and I thoroughly enjoyed it. For me personally this was what a superhero film should be like. it's not all glossy and loaded with special effects to the point it chokes the viewers. They need to go back to script and most importantly for this genre character.

I loved Christopher Nolan's direction in this. Heath Ledger completely stole this movie. Morgan Freeman, Sir Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart(sp) and even Maggie Gyllenhaal were excellent. This was a terrific ensemble cast with not one single weak link in this movie. I for one will be purchasing the DVD.

It was a good movie they played the Joker well and did a great job with Batman and Two Face's computer animation face. THe overall film was not quite as dark as I was told it was. All in all it was an awesome movie with really great storyline and even has a moral or two.

It was better than I expected it to be. And was definitely better than "Batman Begins." Ledger was great as the Joker - it'll be interesting to see what direction the next Batman film will take. Obviously Two-face will be a character that continues to develop, but I wonder if the Joker will be in it???
Dark Knight was very dark (in a good way) and had a pretty solid plot. I didn't like the beginning where the Scarecrow was attempting to deal his drugs....etc. - felt like that could've been written differently or left out.
Christian Bale was okay -- I still think that he overdoes with his scruffy Batman voice -- it gets annoying after a while.
But overall, it was worth seeing and probably eventually purchasing on DVD.

"I have a magic trick to show you," says the Joker in The Dark Knight, right before he takes out a pencil and drives it in to a bodyguard's face.
This scene sums up the looming sense of terror in the movie or, more precisely, the attempt of a looming sense of terror. After the hype, as rigid as The Dark Knight's surface is, the movie doesn't quite pass for much more than a two-and-a-half hour-long series of poses and charades. As incredibly beautiful and wild as they are it's difficult to make a magic trick when you're being too obvious, and it's difficult to make a joke when you're being too obscure.
In my view, it's too easy to label The Dark Knight a masterpiece. A masterpiece of what? Of action? Of suspense? It's more responsible to call it a work of new-found maturity and sophistication, but I'm still not getting the whole picture. Maybe I'm an idiot. Or maybe it's just a children's comic-book movie that wishes to be more. So, while it is honorable that this movie is taking a kind of artistic leap of faith, it's solemnized to death and drowned in a vat of pessimism. It is reality-distanced culture, and (worst of all) offers unenlightening "questions" and "observations" ad nauseum.
What worked was the movie's attempt to illuminate the flaws in its heroes those saviours of the screen that, in some respects, are our modern,near-mythical figures. In this way, the movie stood true to its own philosophy. For that, I give it respect.
All the feral dynamics that the movie is so well-praised for don't seem tobe more than second-rate. The politics are dress-up. The complexity of the city is blunted into the realm of foggy, somewhat-monotonous markers, blueprints and wasted-away commercial aesthetics (note the stylish-but-little-else car scenes between all the queasy monologues, and the 'fashionable' dark-azure tints, bleeding city lights and sledgehammer-composed skyline shots). While poetic, this treatment is little more than an abstraction .. It alienates viewers from the movie's center and its creative structure.
However, I won't deny that, at parts, this movie gets to a haunting standpoint. There is visible inspiration and more of an open mindedness to new genres and styles. It comes across in places as feverish, even Sirkian melodrama. In many ways, this movie is an updated thriller, adapted to new forms and texture. It is more fast-paced and comparable to the whirring, unwieldy, surface-obsessed 'Brave New World', as Aldous Huxley put it. Even so, The Dark Knight does trip and stumble when juggling all these parts, and it slips between a Frankenstein mesh and epic ensemble. It many ways this movie is a glorious, incredible, highly fascinating mess ..
For all the Biblical resonance and inferno-like, scorching moral plays in tertwined through this grim trip, it's not without all its pop-mythology excess and pseudo-sophistication. It turns into a psychopathic, sugar-induced, one-note daze at times. All the artistry of the movie plays second fiddle to the premeditated, calculated and preachy aspects. Though the chaos, havoc and anti-city ideology isn't a stroke from the heart like one would expect it to be, it's all much more sing-song and a bit drained than memory would have one believe.
The Dark Knight can be pretentious and simplistic at the same time, which is too bad. The attempt was highly admirable and ambitious, though. All of the eye-popping, hallucinatory urban decay (visually, thematically and metaphorically) was impressive, but at moments it came across as thinly veiled and shallow. It's a masterpiece of smoke and mirrors and a few dimes more. This movie is exhilarating to anticipate, but almost-but-not-quite-there when experienced.

Yeah! I totally agree with you, one of the best movie there is.

I have to say when I went to go see it I was expecting something good but this one blew me away. Heath Ledger had an amazing last performance in this movie, but Christian /bale didn't quite have the same performance Heath did. The movie was exciting and easy to get into to. It's probably not a sit the entire family down including a 2-yr old and watch kind of movie. When Dent Harvey turned to Two-Face, it actually suprised me at first. This was a great movie, and probably the best I've seen in a long time.

This movie was, I'm sorry, NOT a masterpiece, NOR did it deserve an Oscar nomination for BP. That's my opinion- it doesn't necessarily mean I'm right. Here are some good things about the film. Heath Ledger does give a brilliant performance, and that's one reason that it's worth watching. The film balances comedy and drama very well, and Aaron Eckhart also stands out as Harvey Dent. But sadly, even though this is better then almost every other comic-book film, that just means that it is not horrible. The screenplay is a very average one, and all of the other performances are nothing special. The story is stifled by all of the action sequences, and the plot isn't allowed to be as deep as it should. In conclusion, this movie is only above average because of Heath Ledger's spectacular performance and the visual effects that will undoubtedly deliver the thrills consistently. Undoubtedly, nearly all of you will disagree with this comment; that's fine. It's my opinion, and a less-then-solid but above-average 6 out of 10 stars is all I think the film deserves.

This is one of the Greatest Films of All Time.

It is fantastic movie to watch. All did good acting. Every character suits that person. Especially Heath Ledger played joker was really awesome. Story moves with suspense and curiosity. Actions were thrilling. Background music was fantastic. Christian Bale did well job as batman. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent (Two-Face) and Maggie Gyllenhaal gave their best. Movie surly deserve Oscars.Watch it many times.

Ba na na na na na na na Batman!

Very cool movie, but i hate Christian Bale since that freakout on the set of Terminator. He is not a nice man! They should have replaced him with Adam West, even though he is old. Besides that a very good film. Great acting (but not by the big meany mr. Bale), and a very dark an interesting story. I wasnt able to watch it more than once though because it was too boring the second time. Oh and Morgan Freeman is in the movie. But then again, what movie isnt he in? HA!

This was an amazing action packed movie, with some great performances all around. He direction was superb!

This to me by far is the best Batman movie ever made. Most of the actors did a remarkable job with their roles, most notably(and obviously) the late Heath Ledger's role as Joker. I say most because I wasn't feeling Christian Bale as Batman, more as Bruce Wayne. In his suit, he sounded like he had a mixture of a head cold and asthma. It was a terrible sound that made you want to go find him a glass of water to drink or something. That's my only complaint though. Awesome stuff!

Please note that there may be spoilers ahead!

The Dark Knight, well what can I say about it overall? I'd say it's a stunning film. I remember walking out the cinema after Batman Begins and being totally blown away by how cool a job Christopher Nolan had done, and it's no different with The Dark Knight. There are so many great scenes it's nigh on impossible to pick any single one as being the best.

Almost everyone has been raving about the amazing of performance of Heath Ledger as the villainous Joker, and I have to agree with them. You've probably seen the Tim Burton Batman movie - if so you'll remember the performance of Jack Nicholson as being a believable one of a madmen. Heath Ledger's performance I believe puts his to shame. One of the best moments for the Joker is his "magic trick" where he says he can make the pencil disappear and then proceeds to slam it into one of the mobsters eye. It's a sadistic, crazy thing for the Joker to do - but it's great, and the delivery of it just shows what a nutjob the Joker is - and again it's believable.

In the old films (2 by Tim Burton, and the terrible 2 by Joel Schumacher) they constantly redesigned the bat-suit and the batmobile for no apparent reason other than to try and make them look cooler. In TDK they don't do this, if there's a change there's a reason for it. Fans of Batman Begins commented on the batsuit being too bulky in it making it hard for Batman to turn his head - this was the only major complaint people seemed to have about the film, so in TDK the bat suits been redesigned to make it more mobile. This time it's explained by Batman finding it hard to turn his neck to see things coming (when he's attacked by dogs). We also see the introduction of the Batpod which turns out to be an escape pod for the Batmobile when it is destroyed by the Jokers attack in a lorry.

As with Batman Begins parallels with the Frank Miller version of the Batman origin story, The Dark Knight draw parallels with Jeph Loeb's "The Long Halloween" which told the tale of Batman, Commissioner Gorder, and DA Harvey Dent working together to bring down the mob bosses in Gotham until they retaliate against Harvey, scarring him both mentally and physically - turning him into the criminal Two-Face.

I found Nolan's interpretation of Two-Face to be believable as something that could actually happen to a person in real life due to the way it's told, and the way he is scarred. I did however find it surprising that they apparently killed Two-Face off at the end of the film - I'd assumed they'd keep him alive for possible reoccurrences. The death of villains is something I always found to be a mistake in the previous Batman films. Again the conclusion of the villains is similar to Batman Begins in which Scarecrow (who also appears briefly in TDK) survives and is sent to either Arkam Asylum or Blackgate prison (whichever they have in the Nolan-verse) and Ra's al Ghul is killed (though from the comics we know he can be resurrected by the Lazarus pits which he'd been using to sustain his life for hundreds of years). In TDK it is Joker who survives to be sent to Arkam, and Two-Face who dies.

I really can't fault the film and definitely recommend watching it, even if it's only on DVD

The Dark Knight was a solid Batman movie, but not the best. Christian Bale was a decent Batman, but as others have mentioned, the weird voice he goes into every time he is Batman does get annoying. Heath Ledger played a an excellent psychotic villain, but to me it wasn't the Joker. For me, the Joker is a combination of Jack Nicholson's Joker, as well as the Joker from the animated series. Another criticism is that they introduced and killed off two face in a big hurry. If they wanted to do another sequel, they should have made this movie primarily about the Joker, while introducing Two Face in this one. Then they would have had a developed Two Face to deal with in a sequel, but instead they just killed him off. My final criticism is the Batmobile. It was a cool vehicle, but it wasn't the Batmobile. The Batmobile isn't supposed to look like an SUV on steroids, it should be a much sleeker vehicle. So while this movie entertained me, I probably wouldn't watch it again.

Not my favorite Batman but it's alright.

I think this was the best ever of the Batman Series (not to mention my friend was in it).

Immediately before and after I saw this film all I could think about was how it would compare to Tim Burton's 1989 film, but I soon came to the realization that it would be foolish to attempt to compare apples and oranges. Christopher Nolan has his own style and it was clear from Batman Begins that he wanted a clean break from the previous franchise, and although I was unimpressed with the 2005 film, I anxiously anticipated seeing this one and -- save for a few flaws -- it did not disappoint.

This is not your typical action/super hero flick, and I don't see how anyone can objectively make the case that it is. It was almost disturbing at points, avoiding any detectable degree of campiness (which has victimized many a superhero film). Adults and children alike were entertained by the film because it was layered that way -- kids could enjoy the cool fight scenes, explosions and fancy gadgets and adults could get something out of the experience too: a film that explored serious issues, albeit in an unbelievable setting.

I was impressed with its exploration of serious moral questions -- what it means to be a hero and the sacrifices involved. Being a hero is not the entirely glorious affair that it is often portrayed to be. Heroes must sacrifice and grapple with compelling ethical and moral questions that bring them down to earth at the expense of public glorification and gratitude. While the 1989 film was superbly and tastefully done, it still retained the generic template of a superhero film. The Dark Knight breaks out of that shell without taking itself too seriously. The typical formula was there: Batman battles the insane Joker who mercilessly and aimlessly wreaks havoc upon the city, but throw in a veritable live triangle, the transformation of a hero to a villian and the surprising death of the superhero's love interest and this film establishes credibility as a meaningful presentation, not a caricature. There is literally something for everyone in the Dark Knight.

The performances were solid with Heath Ledger redefining the role once immortalized by Jack Nicholson and turning in the finest performance of a career cut tragically short. Christian Bale has settled in the role of Bruce Wayne, but turns in a mediocre performance as Batman. The modified voice was perhaps the most annoying aspect of the film and became so ridiculous that I could not help but laugh at certain points (i.e. "I'm not wearing hockey pants!").

The musical score fits with the overall tone of the film, serving its purpose of enhancing the suspense.

My few complaints would be the "Batman voice" and the excessive length. Decent editing could have cut the film down by half an hour. Finally, Harvey Dent's transition from white knight to two-face was too rapid and borderline absurd. For a crime fighter to in one day transform into a ruthless death machine who would be willing to take the life of a young boy requires a little more suspension of disbelief than reasonable people are capable of offering. The filmmakers should have kept the character alive and written a more subtle, gradual transition. The character of Harvey Dent had a lot of unexplored potential.

The Dark Knight redefined the superhero genre and provides two-plus hours of stellar entertainment. Highly recommended.

Once again, Batman faces The Joker while he delves into himself; the police veer between stamping Batman a criminal and a hero, adding to Batman’s list of raging conflicts. A very strong 8/10 makes this the best Batman-film I’ve seen this far; direction is very good, as Batman is transformed – much like James Bond in that franchise – from super-being to human being, going from Bruce Wayne to hero with friction to follow. Of course, Christian Bale is stale as Batman acting out an untouchable vigilante archetype; the real antihero in this film is The Joker; Heath Ledger betters Jack Nicholson’s previous performance as The Joker indefinitely by presenting a meticulously researched, damaged individual who attracts and revolts, psychopathically killing and lying to suit his insane genius at will.

While this film presents twists and turns that excite and surprise the plot is on par, being better than most action films, not to mention that of those based on comics. Even though the film loses tempo at times, it didn’t lose its grip on me. All in all, this is one of the best action films I’ve seen in the past years. Bravo!

Very good, but let down by various things which were easily avoidable. I was entirely impressed with the unpredictable and entirely mad character of the Joker. Heath Ledger put in the performance of a lifetime, which just happened to be his last... Two-Face is also very capably played, and with some pretty good CGI to help hammer in the significance of his disfigurement.
However, the rest of the film was just about your standard brainless action film with an over-preachy message about good over evil. The first half an hour (save the bank robbery) was dull, and could have been done in about a sixth of that time. Christian Bale is also irritating as Batman, who is nothing but a poor man's Solid Snake in this film (and with a far less cool voice). He couldn't have been more hackneyed if they'd cast a scotch-slugging, vest-sporting Bruce Willis as a washed-up, middle-aged Batman. Michael Caine (playing the part of Michael Caine) was the same as ever, and Oldman was competent but no more. The ending was irritating, and had the kind of over-sentimental, cheesy bollocks which you'd expect from the Harry Potter series. However, the film was enjoyable (if not a little tedious in the scenes not featuring the Joker), but didn't come close to justifying the hype.

Really enjoyed this movie because of the Joker. Possibly one of the best villians I've seen in a movie. Too bad they're not going to recast the character for Batman 3, and instead are completely going to drop him from the story with no closure.

best batman movie

My favorite movie of 2008, no doubt~ I mean, the style, the darkness...it was everything i hoped for ....it scared me, but excited me, too....I can't wait for it to come out on dvd....

BEST BATMAN EVER...

awesome...i want to see it again and again and again and again.....

I'm regularly astounded that these Big Box Franchise type vehicles seem to be able to draw boutique level quality actors to the screen.  Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and even Heath Ledger should be at stages in their career where they could resist the lure of a mega-payday and protect their credibility.  Then again Michael Caine has a history of lapsing into periods of taking anything that is offered and for every Sid Viscious and Beethoven on his resume Gary Oldham plays the bad-y in two summer blockbusters.  Still, what did we get in this Super Hero film that hasn't been done to death in the Spiderman and X-Men films.  At least IronMan had a few laughs in it.  There was none of that allowed in this extrememly grim product.

You can count me among the truly unimpressed.  Having read reviews and heard lots of good things about this, I saw it the other day with considerable anticipation.

Heath Ledger is very good, but the rest of the cast.....

Gary Oldman turns in the worst performance I've ever seen him do in a generally fine career.

Morgan Freeman is just the same character he's played in twenty other movies, only more sanctimonious.

Christian Bale is competent, but generally uncompelling.

Michael Caine acts like he's needing a downpayment for the nursing home.

The movie starts strong, with a great action sequence bank robbery, but quickly bogs down in a pretentious, overly preachy examination of the psyche of Batman. Which is all well and good, except it didn't need to be done at least five separate times, with no discernable advance of the theme or plot.

The action sequences pick up in intensity, but devolve into ever increasing use of CGI which made me feel like I was watching a video game and not a movie.

The film really needs an editor. At least 30 minutes of repetitive and redundant dialogue or pointless scenes could have been cut to the greater benefit of the film. There is far too much pretentious pseudo-philosophy, all of which is signalled by dramatic musical fanfares.

The internal logic of the film is ludicrous. Let me be clear. I'm prepared to suspend disbelief in a movie, and I'm doubly prepared to suspend it in a superhero movie, but the internal logic has to work, at least basically. There are at least 4 major points when it doesn't.

On the upside, Ledger's performance is very good, far better than anything I've seen in this kind of film. (Unfortunately, we all know he won't be reprising it.) In addition the film is dark and more adult oriented than is common in this kind of film, which I regard as a plus.

awesome!!!!

  This movie made me feel like a kid again in the sense that it left me with the same anticipation from scene to scene as did Saturday morning cartoons as a 7 year old. This movie packed a major wallop of action and threw in just enough comedy. Heath Ledger was masterful as the Joker. I enjoyed this film imensely. Definitely 2 thumbs up.

"I am like a dog chasing a fire engine, but when I catch it I don't know what to do with it." -- The Joker

Worth the look.

It took me about 48 hrs to come down from all the suspense and action. It gave me the same emotions and feelings when I saw The Fugitive for the first time, my number 1 movie of all time. I'm still trying to understand where it ranks for me, but I know this superhero movie was so much more than that. Absolutely the best film of 2008.

theeeee besttt evuurrr

Good enough that I saw it twice, once on the day after release and again this week at a super-fancy theater where they served food and drink at luxury seats.  Twenty bucks a seat.  That oughta tell you how much I liked the film to pay for it twice.

SYNOPSIS:  Bruce Wayne is still running around Gotham beating up bad guys and trying to win the heart of the girl he can't get (Rachel Dawes, played this time by Maggie Gyllenhaal.)  But, things have to balance out:  here comes a very demented interpretation of the Joker (Heath Ledger) to try to throw in a little chaos.  Gotham has a new hero, though (one that doesn't run around in a cape); District Attorney Harvey Dent (even passive Batman fans will recognize that name, but I'll save it for those who aren't familiar).  

PROS:You're pretty much promised great action scenes, and you'll get some pretty good ones.  I'm a big fan of the Dark Knight route (as opposed to the campy version of Batman), though some might prefer the lighter, goofier intepretation.  Heath Ledger's performance is a highlight (I'd have to say it probably isn't as groundbreaking as some might make it out to be, but it was damn good.  Watch for the disappearing pencil trick), and it's hard not to like Lucius Fox (played by Morgan Freeman)  

CONS: . . . while Christian Bale makes a kickass Batman, the gruff voice thing is bad to the point of distraction ( Lucius can hook him up with kevlar armor plated with titaium and they couldn't get him a built-in voice changer?)  The acting isn't great, but it doesn't really have to be:  it's a comic book movie

OTHER COMMENTS:Lots of topical issues briefly brought up (ex: use of interrogation techniques of questionable integrity, responses to terrorism, and privacy issues).  The movie is LONG, but the good thing is it doesn't leave you hanging.

OVERALL:  Worth seeing in the theater, worth getting on DVD.

Best movie this year

best movie ever

kindaah stoopid.

This film was nothing short of amazing. I've never been so surprised by a story I already knew. I felt the complexity of every character and the overwhelming darkness that colors Nolan's treatment of the franchise. Even the city of Gotham comes alive in a complex way that most other comic/superhero movies don't accomplish. No suspension of disbelief necessary at really any moment.
Nolan has really translated his ability to tell a highly complex and intentionally obfuscated story (see Memento) into developing robust and intricately woven plots, settings, and characters that appeal more broadly.

WONDERFUL!!!

THANK YOU!!! YOUR MY HERO!! THIS IS GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!!

as a whole i didnt really like it.

Not great. Beautiful. Perfect.

it was the best yet

Probably the number one movie of this year...they are going to have a hard time topping this movie with the next batman movie!

seen it twice in 3 days :]

It was awesome. I really enjoyed it.

Good movie but I couldn't help feeling a little sad about Heath.

i thought it was a great mov ie

it was one of the best movies i have ever seen. heath ledger was amazing, he was the best choice for joker.

awesome movie i saw it on friday oh my gosh did i saw awesome?