As a child who grew up watching DC Comics cartoons, I was expecting The Dark Knight to be fun and adventurous. I was instead, pleasantly surprised to watch a film not that gruesome with blood but horrific to watch on a psychological level.
I was first drawn to this movie due to the notoriety Health Ledger got in this playing the Joker. It had always amazed me that someone could win an Oscar for a comic book villain, but watching the movie it got creepy in the way that he totally transforms into the character. While the Joker was my favorite character, I thought all the roles were intriguing because they were all displayed in a grey area and not cookie cutter good or bad. There were times when you would feel for the Joker, there were times when you would be mad at Batman, and there were times when you couldn't tell who was the hero Batman, Joker, or Dent.
The way the movie ended with Batman being hunted down and having to recede in the shadows was interesting as in it didn't end in the way a normal comic book movie does with the superhero flying out into the sunset. The symbol of destroying the Batlight and the greyish tones that made up Gotham in the end defined the movie as not completed and left the Joker in the upperhand with his splash of green and red. Nolan uses a lot of colors in his films to underscore themes of insanity and normality. I would highly recommend this to a friend who likes drama or even suspense. I would give it a 7/10 overall and a 10/10 for Heath Ledger's acting.
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