This week’s movie is The Dark Knight (2008).
The action adventure drama is the
second in Christopher
Nolan’s Batman trilogy (bookended by Batman
Begins and The Dark KnightRises). It tells the story of Batman’s attempt to take down Gotham’s mob by
confiscating all their money with the help of Jim Gordon and district attorney
Harvey Dent. The mob turns to the Joker, a criminal who only cares about
upsetting the order of things, to strike back against Batman and company.
Produced, directed and co-written by Nolan, the film is a masterpiece of genre
filmmaking (commonly heralded as the best superhero movie of all-time). Plus,
Nolan has a fantastic group working with him: composers James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, cinematographer Wally Pfister, editor Lee Smith, production designer Nathan Crowley, producer Emma Thomas, and co-writer Jonathan Nolan. The cast is
brilliant as well. Christian Bale
stars as Bruce Wayne, with Heath
Ledger (giving possibly the greatest performance of the decade as the
Joker), Gary
Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Eric Roberts, Nestor Carbonell, Cillian Murphy, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Jai White in support. The
Dark Knight (along with Batman Begins) is a must-see of fans of superhero and
comic-book films, and I would contend it is also a must for cinema fans in
general as it is certainly a standout piece from the last decade. Check out the
trailer.
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