Batman the Dark Knight DVD

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The Dark Knight dvd reviews

Batman The Dark Knight reviews

The Dark Knight DVD a hype machine so revved up it seemed impossible to live up to the expectations but not only does it meet expectations it exceeds them.

A year has passed since the events of Batman Begins. Batman (Christian Bale) is rounding up the last escapees of Arkum asylum (including a cameo form Cillian 'Scarecrow' Murphy.) as the crime families of Gotham city are being brought down at an impressive rate. Batman teams up with old ally Lt Gordon (Gary Oldman) as well as new one D.A Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to close the case on them for good. Out of desperation the mob turn to the Joker (Heath Ledger) who offers his services to get rid of batman for good. Batman must balance his intertwining lives as the love of his life Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) becomes romantically involved with Dent while trying to keep Gotham safe from the increasingly violent attacks by the Joker.

Batman Begins pumped life back into the seemingly dead Batman franchise reinvigorating it with a harder gritter edge more in tone with frank millers comics but Begins is only a prelude to brilliance as the Dark Knight sweeps onto the screens.

Perhaps the quickest 2 and 1/2 hours of my life flew by watching this as co-writer/director Christopher Nolan brings a epic to the screen of proportions which no other comic book movie can match. This is dark and gritty its not an average superhero movie and bares little resemblance to its genre it's more of a hard boiled crime caper akin with Michael Mann's 'Heat' of martin Scorsese's 'The Departed', a world of corruption and decadence though it carries a 12A certificate it's one of the most mature comic book movies ever made (Also parents be warned its dark and violent), the script zigs and zags around creating a complex moral character driven drama.

As good as the script may be it would be nothing without its actors/actresses as everyone gives there all even if there only side characters like Michael cane or Morgan freeman. Maggie Gyllenhaal steps up to fill the role of Rachel after Katie Holmes declined returning to the role, she does an excellent job creating in equal if not better portrayal of the character. Eckhart shines in his pivotal role as Gotham's white knight as he begins to crack under the pressure of trying to reform as evil is ever present around him a good person trying to the right thing which makes it even more shocking as he sinks into the realms of madness when he becomes Two-Face , a dark foreboding scarred remains of a what he was a deep portrayal of a man who's lost everything which is perhaps overshadowed by Ledger's performance. Bale the hero of the piece continues to excel delivering the same quality of Begins as he yearns for a normal life and longing to hang up his cape to be with Rachel.

The late Heath Ledger gives an unforgettable performance of the Joker surpassing Nicholson's in Batman '89. Every second he is on the screen he owns it, a character so richly drawn you can't help but be mesmerised by it, manipulative, cunning, the one thing Batman Begins lacked was a central villain as it hopped from one to the next but not here, here we has a raging psychopath who knows no bounds and has no remorse. Like a force of nature the joker effects everyone's life he comes into contact with. an outcast who relates to our hero for that very reason as he plays his twisted games to see how much it takes to break a person how long it takes to abandon their morals. Ledger excels in the role. He is the joker less of a prankster played by Nicholson and more of raging killer with a sick sense of humour ( Eg, the disappearing pencil trick), a performance that will live forever and one that most definitely deserves an Oscar nomination.

Being a summer blockbuster Dark knight ups the ante with exciting action sequences directed with flair the stand out sequence being that of the attack on the prison transport truck by the joker and ensuing chase by batman as you'll find yourself unable to tear your eyes away from the screen.
However don't expect a glossy none-stop action roller-coaster about 20 -25 minutes of the 2 and a half hour film make up the action scenes, the rest is devoted to developing the characters a smart move which is where one of the films numerous strengths lie

Destined to go down as a classic, a tour de force of talent in front and behind the camera which delivers a as perfect as you can get comic book movie. Regardless of what you think about superhero movies check it out I seriously doubt there will be a better movie this year. A triumph in every respect- 10/10

The Dark Knight DVD is by far the best showing of any superhero movie adaptation I have seen in recent months. The Dark Knight proves to be a significant improvement compared to the 90's versions. The 90's Batman showings are an absolute joke whilst compared to the updated version of Dark Knight reviewed.

The cinemagraphy is excellent. It is supported with a fine blend of day nights and dark scenes to establish a clear defined plot. A host of action scenes and rentleless chases of villans dominate majority of the movie. The characters strenghten the movie. The performance provided by Heath Ledger is uplifting as the villain of the piece the Joker and Christian Bale maintains a solid performance as the psycho and sinister hero Batman. The characters are well developed and we gain a solid understanding of the two contrasting characters. The support acting deserves praise. The storyline is well executed and cleverly unfolded. It is about Harvey Dent teamed up with Batman (Two Faced) a district attorney who gambled to make Gotham a save city by destroying network of notorious gangster groups operating the city. In the public eyes, he is perceived as a welcome hero. What are the implication of the actions? That is the general plot surrounding the movie. The movie is an enduring 2 and half hours. The time limit is justified as story heads a direction and reaches a satisfying conclusion.

Overall, the best adaptation of superheroes I have seen in a long time. It is a refreshing change, as I am not leaving the cinema a disappointed audience from watching previous super heros movies. I really enjoyed Dark Knight, as it is thrilling and richly entertaining, with a purposeful storyline, solid characters and an excellent cinemagraphy.

The Dark Knight DVD is an unbelievable film that will grab hold of you and pull you in right from the start. Having not seen Batman Begins i wasnt sure what to excpect, but i went in with high hopes none the less having seen the trailer and was quite simply blown away by that alone.

This is so much more then a movie, it has so many different levels to it. I came out of the cinema speechless, I was unable to thin of much more all evening. The representation of evil in this movie is fantastic, not some wet portrayal of defeating evil for love (spiderman for instance, or indeed any other superhero movie). But it shows how evil is always there, despite our feable attempts to stop it. I cannot even began to explain how amaing the acting is throughout this movie, it tops anyting iv ever seen.

Im not sure what else to say, everyting about this movie is amazing, i love out how it speaks such volumes of philosophy and human phsychology. This tops all the action in the movie by far due to the shear overwhelming power of the acting and the general storyline.

A true work of art.

I am not going to claim this is one of the 10 best movies of all time but it is the best superhero movie to date.

The story is dark and scary, so scary that it is amazing that it ended as PG12. By cleverly avoiding actual gore there is so much there and even more left to the imagination that it is a lot scarier than most rated 16 or 18 movies.

Christian Bale is a wonderful actor and resurrected Batman from being a rather silly movie concept into a modern day Superhero. A new approach help it along, quite in a same way as Daniel Craig and Bond. But here Batman is taken to a new level and the story is very clever in Batmans transition to Dark Knight, the hero Gotham needs but does not love. Then you have giants like Freeman, Oldman and Caine holding up their parts, but all of them are supporting actors when it comes to Ledger. Heath Ledger has produced a villian that has never been seen before, a fresh character in an already crowded field. So dangerous that even Hannibal Lecter would be concerned. He becomes Chaos itself. Jack Nicholson was tame and pales in comparison.

This story has everything in bucketloads, cool, dark, sinister, crazy, good plot, twist, twist on twist and every now and then it surprises you when you least expect it and sideways.

The Dark Knight DVD is a very rewarding film and lives up to multiple viewings. Definitely worth the buy. The only question is DVD or Blue Ray.

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