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The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) DVD ~ Christian Bale
| 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:  "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain...", October 12, 2008 Superhero epics rarely get better than The Dark Knight, a sequel that not only outshines Batman Begins, but completely obliterates it. Christian Bale returns as Batman/Bruce Wayne, and soon learns that the warning Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) gave him at the end of Batman Begins about escalation was ever so true as the psychotic Joker (the late Heath Ledger, in a brilliant and Oscar worthy performance) makes an impact on Gotham City's criminal underworld. In his personal life, Bruce also finds his true love Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, replacing Katie Holmes) in the arms of new district attorney and Gotham's proclaimed "white knight" Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), who swears to clean up the corruption running rampant in Gotham; no matter the cost. Epic in scope with brilliant direction from Christopher Nolan (whose orchestration of an opening bank heist is nearly flawless), The Dark Knight takes us places that superhero or comic book-based films rarely take us. It's an intelligent, dark, and surprisingly violent ride that features wonderful performances from nearly everyone involved, and the handling of Dent's tragic descent is as memorable as almost any thing else featured in the film. However, it is the performance of Heath Ledger that really puts The Dark Knight on such high a plateau. Ledger's Joker is by and far the best treatment of a villain you will ever find in a comic to film adaptation: he's sickly funny and incredibly frightening in a performance that truly is for the ages. Bale himself seems more comfortable in the role of Batman, and is by far the best Caped Crusader to grace the screen. Eckhart is fitting as Harvey Dent, and his tragic transformation into Two-Face is, as said before, respectful and believable. Everyone else, from a returning Michael Caine as trusty butler Alfred and Morgan Freeman as the brilliant Lucius Fox, are small miracles by themselves. All in all, The Dark Knight is certainly the best Batman film to ever see the light of day. So good in fact, that one will wonder just how Christopher Nolan and co. could be able to top it. With a downbeat ending that sets things in a new and different direction for Batman and his crusade against crime, who knows? The best may still be yet to come. |
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