Like 99% of films out there, The Dark Knight has its flaws. But they’re very specific and very easy to overlook in lieu of everything else. The ending isn’t handled as well as it could have been and there are a few moments where you have to suspend your disbelief but they amount to nowhere near the level needed to weigh the film down as a whole.
The Dark Knight is a wonderful piece of filmmaking; it works on a purely entertainment level where you can just sit back and enjoy the kick-ass action sequences and the bringing to life of some famous characters. And it also works as much more than that; the magnificent performance of Ledger as The Joker coupled with this all-encompassing crime element gives it those extra layers of creative complexity. For me this sits comfortably not only as one of the best of 2008 so far but as a testament to just how good a film can be when the maximum amount of effort, passion, and determination gets thrown at it. The hype may have been magnanimous but The Dark Knight lives up to it; and that, my friend, is no joke.
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