Before I really delve into anything too deep about the movie, I’ll go ahead and warn you that I intend to not hold back any of the spoilers. A full review of a movie requires one to talk about every bit of the gory details - this review included.
Now that that is out of the way, allow me to preface this review with a small statement: Dark Knight is the best movie I’ve seen in a number of years and likely will see in the foreseeable future. It is the best comic-based movie ever made. The summer is done as far as movies are concerned (and it’s only mid-July!). Now that’s out of the way, back to the review -
As a fan of basically any movie ever made, I’ve seen hundreds of films in recent years and none of them has had the amount of hype and desperate urge to be watched as The Dark Knight. The first thing I wondered when Heath Ledger died was: “Wait… he’s in Batman, did he finish filming his role as Joker?” Not too sentimental of a statement about one of the most promising could’ve-beens (especially after this film) but I think it speaks volumes about the level of secrecy surrounding the movie.