The Dark Knight

OK, now that I'm awake from seeing The Dark Knight opening night, on a Dark Night (sorry you guys), let me start off by saying two words: Kick Ass! This movie did it! It topped Iron Man. I was really worried that this movie was going to end up like all sequels; sad and unable to stand up to expectations. We've all seen it: The first one made us a boat load of money so let's go out and make a second just for the hell of it! Yeah well this one was very, very well done.

The only con I have for the movie is that the Joker didn't really seam like the Joker. What is the one word (besides the words crime, evil, and bad, notice I specified one word so "Batman" doesn't count either) that pops into your head when you think of the Joker? Did I hear you say laughter? That's right. When we think of the Joker we think of laughter and theatrics. I'm sorry but Heath Ledger did not come over as a very good Joker. It is believable enough but not quite there.

Over all this movie states what it is in the title: Dark. This is a dark movie with all the trimmings. One other feature that this movie has is a character named Harvey Dent (another reason for it to be dark) and that's all I'm going to say on that subject. I'm not going to spoil the fun for you. Some of you will know what Harvey Dent is in the Batman universe but that is up to you.

Over all I love this movie and I have to say again that it topped my expectations and Iron Man. I was completely blind sided by this. Now there is a new rise for Batman both with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight we have a great start to a very good series. I'm not sure if this matters to anyone but a lot of people said when Batman Begins came out that the movie topped Spider Man and therefore DC came out on top of Marvel (ah the comic book rivalries). Then when Iron Man came out everyone said that Marvel was back on top, who could blame them Iron Man was awesome. Now just for all of us geeks who care we need to state that DC (my personal favorite) is back on top!

SO to sum everything up The Dark Knight is an awesome movie go see it!

Believable Blie Rating: 6 out of 5 stars

Posters: (These two are my favorite)
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