The Dark Knight Review

Day 5 - 8th January
Snacks eaten - Breakfast (too early but must watch before going to work)
Film number 5 - The Dark Knight
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Year -2008

Heath Ledger sadly died of an accidental overdose after finishing filming and rightfully won a post-humous oscar for best supporting actor for his role as The Joker. 

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight returns to Gotham for the sequel to Batman Begins with Christian Bale reprising the main role of the caped crusader. This time Batman has to contend with the arrival of psychotic villain The Joker (Heath Ledger) while remaining optimistic that new 'white knight' DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) will inherit the Gotham hero role so he can step down. The altar ego wanting to have a normal life with the woman he loves is a common superhero theme but is not the main focus of Dark Knight, rather just adds to the complexity of Nolan's story.
Christopher Nolan acheives a huge feat in The Dark Knight by bringing a no limits, manical villian from comic book status to a realistic environment while still retaining an unbelievable insanity. Most superhero films need create a world more supernatural for our imaginations to engage with the characters but not Nolan. He shows us a society where criminals are sometimes inhuman but that there is always hope. This is truly the greatest superhero film of all time. Invoking a sense of deep tragedy and hope simultaneously, Nolan does not pander, just blows us away.

Every time I watch  DK, I am just amazed by what Nolan has created. Everything about it is so gritty but still embodies what a superhero film is. I love that the Joker is so ambiguous in his identity and influence from the early comics and The Killing Joke (read it if you havent already) is so apparent. Simply, this film is sinister. And I couldn't help shedding a tear when brushing up on my facts about Heath Ledger. Incredible.

Right, day 6 is tomorrow and we have....The Prestige. Again the link is a little too easy, and actually there are quite a few but my main one is obvious having rambled on about him in this review.