Review of The Dark Knight (2008) by Moviecriticbomb — 17 May 2019

This is a joker film, not a batman film. But that's perfectly alright. The main flaw I have to say about this film is that it wants to show us too much, too fast. This, in my opinion, ruins the continuity that made the first film so great. In the first film, each character from Bruce Wayne, Henri Ducard, to John Crane, was fleshed out and had depth. But in this one, the film is so excited to show you Heath Ledger's Joker, that it seems to ignore everything else!

And Rachel Dawes? Well she's being played by a new actress (Not Katie Holmes) who does not act well in her role at all. She feels like a completely different person from the first film. And Bruce Wayne? Well he's just there for the show. The sprinkle on Joker's Cake. This entire movie, is only about Heath Ledger's Joker performance....

Now to the main portion of this review, the portion everyone is so overhyped for.... Heath Ledger's Joker performance! It was great! He completely deserved an oscar! But the negative I do have to note is, this film shouldn't have shown Two-Face, nor all the other mob bosses. It should have only focused around the Joker and developed this character out a bit. This entire movie feels like one big explosion from start to finish while Bruce Wayne is in his home chumming down on some popcorn. It really felt like he was not in this movie with how underdeveloped everything else was to the Joker.

Overall, I rate this movie a 6/10. It will be remembered for Heath Ledger's Joker performance, but no one else's flat performance. I somewhat recommend this.