Today I wanted to focus on a Christopher Nolan film that really changed the superhero world, yes I am on about The Dark knight! probably the greatest superhero film out there for many reasons, reasons that will be discussed.
The Dark Knight is set roughly a year after Batman Begins and in that time Batman has gained the trust of the police force to an extent and has improved his skills even more as well as getting a new suit and some fun new toys from Fox. The Joker has become known to the Dark Knight and Gothams police force indicating numerous encounters but nothing could prepare them for the anarchy the Joker is going to unleash onto Gothams citizens by using Harvey Dent and the Batman's identity to turn the people against the Batman and to plunge Gotham into chaos.
With the small teaser at the end of Batman Begins fans knew it was only a matter of time before we saw the prince of crime on screen again but like every superhero role out there, there was controversy! Bale got the same and now that was forced upon the Brokeback mountain star; Heath Ledger. Before going onto the actual story and what not I thought it was a sensible idea to talk about the true star of the film, Heath was phenomenal, his portrayal of the joker was stunning and completely unforgettable. In my books it will go down as the greatest comic book character portrayal because it is! in many ways you could just consider the Dark Knight the Jokers film, he was the one fans wanted to see and every moment on screen was fantastic. The thing about the Joker is that he is portrayed very differently in the comics, some artists go above and beyond crazy whilst others stay on a border but whilst his actions in The Dark Knight weren't horrific like those in the Killing Joke, his characteristics made him recognisable. The artists got the make up right, the clothing and Heath nailed the personality as well as the laugh which is key, I know its only a laugh but for the Joker its his signature move and its recognisable in the novels and the TV series. Overall Heath Ledgers amazing role in the film made the Dark Knight special, there was something about the way he did things which gave the Joker more of a horrific appearance like the licking of lips, the scar stories and his looks they were pretty freaky and the make-up was spot on! everything was perfect!
The actual story of the Dark Knight is intense and just down right amazing, it features some really interesting developments from both the Joker and Two-Face, we're dealing with two very famous villains and they both got justice! superhero hero films must always be careful about the amount of villains but the Dark Knight did it perfectly, once Joker was taken care of we got to see Two-face, a very quick transformation from Gothams white knight to a monster who uses a coin to decide someone's fate and that was really cool to see, not only was the CGI brilliant but Aaron Eckhart's contrasting characteristics for both Two-Face and Harvey were flawless.
The entire story made sense, it was intriguing and quite fun at places. My favourite moment is probably the hospital scene which was visually stunning and amusing, interesting fact... they actually blew up a building which is pretty cool.
At the moment I've just taken note of the villains. The scenes with Batman were great as always, both Bruce Wayne and the caped crusader and in my books Bale is the best batman because its different. I remember a time where Batman was big with his broad chin and abnormally large chest but in this Bale is still very buff yet quite thin which made everything more real and in this we got to see him fight more and get a new costume which I thought was a lot better than the Batman Begins suit which still makes an appearance. The science behind the suit and his tech is really cool, its a little kids dream to own a Batmobile so they showed it off a lot and even brought in the coolest bike ever, the Batpod which was not only designed brilliantly but it looked amazing! its unique structure gave audiences something completely new and different and The Dark Knight gave the audiences a lot of new things like characters, equipment and the impressive and memorable Batsuit. What I liked most about the Batsuit was that it had a reason, if you watch Amazing Spiderman 2 the costume changes but you don't see why or how which isn't a big deal but it was very awesome to incorporate that change.
There's not much to say about the cast because its Nolan... he gets the best! the cast is amazing, Bale, Caine, Morgan, Eckhart, Ledger, Oldman and Gyllenhaal were all fantastic! despite the female role of Rachel changing it didn't bother me and between you and me... Maggie did it better! (sorry Katie Holmes)
so before I finished here is a list of why the Dark Knight is the greatest superhero film out there!
1) The cast! each DC character is created and performed perfectly by each member!
2) memorable villain- The joker is the reason this film done so well
3) despite the lack of fighting it did contain some brilliant choreographic scenes
4) The story was so in-depth and powerful
5) Jim Gordon's ending speech
6) The modernisation and realism of the dark knight!
7) The Bat pod
8) Heath Ledgers commitment and improvisation
without a doubt I give the Dark Knight a 9/10, I would have maybe liked a bit more fighting but everything else was perfect! the next question is will Affleck bring something new to the table, I mean anyone can be Batman, its the Bruce Wayne element that primarily important, although it does help to look the part which I think he does, whether he'll be as good as Bale only time will tell.
well thats all I have to say!
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed
Until next time :)
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