My Review:
Dark Knight is the sequel of Batman Begins from Christopher Nolan; who has some respectable films under his belt such as Memento and Insomnia. This one follows the same type of vibe of Begins, a much darker and more relevant Batman that coexist with a post 9/11 world. Christian Bale returns to put another excellent portrayal of Batman and he is equally match (and in some scenes surpass) Heath Ledger, who portrays the Joker. Ledger's Joker is a combination of the Clockwork Orange gang and a evil master mind, it definably showed how talented he was and only makes one sad that we lost him on his prime. Katie Holmes was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal for Rachel, this was a much need change because Holmes was one of Begins weakest links along with its weird master/apprentice sub-plot that lent it to some of the most awkward/'gay' scenes in it.
Dark Knight's art direction, editing and production were a delight, some scenes felt like a dance of production, art direction and performance in perfect rhythm, almost tear jerking. Dark Knight stands on its own as a great movie. This movie made me forget it was a "comic book" movie. They got rid of all the filler that Batman Begins and left a lean sirloin of what hero movies should be from now (yum).
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