Well, what can be said about this summer's Mega Blockbuster Action-Crime-Drama-Mystery-Thriller-Fantasy Superhero Adventure Motion Picture? Excellent, comes to mind.
The Dark Knight is indeed all of what is has been hyped to be. It is a great movie. It is a suspenseful, action packed 2.5 hour movie that is beautifully acted by Christian Bale, as millionaire Bruce Wayne/Batman, Heath Ledger as the psychotic Joker, Michael Caine as Alfred the Butler,Gary Oldman as Lt James Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox,who runs Wayne Enterprises.
Other notables are Aaron Eckhart as District Attorney Harvey Dent/Two Faced and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, Batman's romantic interest.
I (Len) will say that I had never been a fan of Heath Ledger, God bless his soul, but he was outstanding in this character. We don't disagree that his was an Oscar worthy performance.
Aaron Eckhart was unimpressive as Harvey Dent and Maggie Gyllenhaal is not pretty enough to be a Superhero's love interest but the rest of the cast was excellent in their roles. Eric Roberts (Julia's brother) also has a small part in this movie. The smaller the better where Eric is concerned, we say.
Violence abounds in this latest Batman epic as does treachery and double cross.
The cinematography is stunning as is the editing, costumes and screenplay.
We wish all movies were this good, but that is not going to happen.
Batman, The Dark Knight had a 200 million dollar budget. It has made all of its money back in the first week in wide release.
We give The Dark Knight a spectacular....................4.25-Stars
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