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1. Steven Gindrat 05.15.09 / 6pm

   I personally feel that The Dark Night is one of the best films created in a long time. Despite how dark and violent the movie is everyone loves it. I love it my little brother is still talking about it to this day and my parents love it. The reason so many people love this movie is because it offers something for all audiences. The violence and action appeals to the younger audience and the intense sometimes confusing story line draws in the older crowd. Another thing that made this movie so amazing is the cast. Christian Bale is an amazing actor but i do agree he projected his voice a little to loud and deep making his lines very distracting. Heath Ledger made this movie. I though Robert Downey Jr. was amazing in IronMan but Heath’s performance was so real he actually went insane. The movie is also original even from the first one. One thing I find in a lot of movies today is filmmakers look at the past to much and need to explore new artistic visions and The Dark Night’s gritty vision accomplished this.
2. Scott Percival 06.26.09 / 9pm

   Christopher Nolan’s The dark night was an extraordinary film. A movie in fact to score the highest grossing profit for an opening weekend since Spider Man 3. The violence and action appeal goes hand and hand with seamlessly sending you a spiral adventure to the unknown. It delivers twist and turn at every corner from two face and to batman’s favorite girl dying. Batman( Christian Bale) versus the Joker( Heath Ledger) is a perfect match of characters for an adventure. You learn to love the Jokers character even though he bringing so much harm to gotham. The hospital scene is my personal favorite part with the joker dressed up as nurse and blows it up in a comical way. This movies overall performance with special effect really well delivered and brought it to a different level of an action movie as we see them today . All and all a film that is modern in today’s film making and cant wait two see the next film.
3. Ariana Llauge 06.28.09 / 8pm

   I absolutely loved this movie. In fact, it was one of the best movies I have seen lately. Not only does the cast do an excellent job, but the movie in general is incredible with great effects, sounds, and makeup. Heath Ledger has an incredibly hard role being the joker, but he ends up doing a really good job by creating a character that is not just crazy but also intelligent. His mannerisms are bizarre and therefore help make this character so unique. Christian Bale also does a perfect job playing Bruce Wayne and Batman. He creates a deep character with different motives and conflicts. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone interested in the genre.
4. Matthew Miller 06.30.09 / 6pm

   Decent review and I agree with many of the points. The movie is certainly long but other than that I can’t really tell why this movie is so good from your review. You certainly say The Dark Knight is awesome and I agree but I would love to hear some more about the style. This movie is dark, scary, gruesomely attractive, and it’s the best Batman movie of all time. Christian Bale uses an extremely gruff voice but it gets the job done and certainly keeps his real life a secret. The Dark Knight is one of my favorite movies of all time and I hope there’s a third in the next few years.
5. Michelle Scott 07.02.09 / 9am

   I can say all fantastic things about this movie except for the fact that it was a bit too long for my liking, ecpecially sitting in a movie theatre. I must commend the entire cast and crew for dealing with the tremendous loss of their costar and friend Heath Ledger before the movie was relesed. I will also agree that his last performance was incredible and will never be forgotten. The fact that he used quirks to exemplfy the Joker made his character even more authentic and more than ever like the villian everyone wants to see in a movie. I too also agree that Christian Bales deepening voice was ridiculous and even humourous at times. The Dark Knight was action packed for almost the entire movie with wonderful characters and an even better plot than before.
6. Xian Yngojo-Wang 07.17.09 / 3pm

   This movie had a very creditable cast. The joker, played by Heath Ledger did phenomenal job acting. He did a great job acting deranged and it was all very believable. One of my favorite scenes was when the joker did a magic trick and made a pencil disappear by smacking one of the guy’s head into the pencil. That’s when I decided that the joker was officially badass. I also really liked the batmobile. The car was so cool and the chase scenes were great. The special effects were also great and memorable. One thing that I disliked about the movie was the length of it. I also didn’t like how the movie was all hyped up before I even got to watch it. But none the less, it was a well directed movie.
7. Evan Lamb 10.12.09 / 7pm

   I consider The Dark Knight to be one of the greatest films in a long time. The film is rather long, but it still keeps the viewers attention the entire time due to the great cast and plot. Also, I thought that the Joker and Batman worked incredibly well together in comparison to previous films. I thought Christian Bale and Heath ledger were the perfect actors for Batman and the Joker. I found the Joker to be hilarious with his crazy and mostly violent shenanigans throughout the film. Even though the film’s main character is Batman, I thought the Joker was the main reason for the film’s great success.
8. Andrew Sokolsky 10.16.09 / 11am

   After seeing all the batman movies I would have to say that the Dark Night was my favorite out of all of them. I felt as Heath Ledger played an amazing role as the Joker. By far played a better role of the Joker, than Jack Nicholson had done in the older Batman movie. Also, I felt that the reason that this movie was so successful was due to the fact of Heath’s great acting and how he master minded the role of the Joker. This movie is by far one of my all-time favorites and will always be a movie that will be well respect after the great tragedy of Mr. Ledger.
9. Jennifer Soucy 08.31.11 / 3pm

   This movie has been one of my absolute favorites since the day it was released in theaters. I ended up watching it the other day again and enjoyed it even more. I really do not have one bad thing to say about it. I was amazed the entire time watching the film as it’s plot was always surpising me. I never knew what was going to happen next, and the writers of the film deserve a lot of credit. As well, the acting was outstanding. I think everyone can agree that Heath Ledger was a main attribute to this film. The way he completely took on his character was insane. I was amazed watching him play this role and how he would make certain gestures. As well, all the other characters made an impact as I dont think the movie would have been the same with different actors. This movie came together perfectly and it will always be one of my all time favorite films to watch.
10. Ulises Leal 07.18.15 / 2pm

    In my opinion The Dark Knight was a great film because of the psychology played by the Joker. Heath Ledger’s joker was the best part of the movie and his dialogues made you understand why the character did the things he did. Also the Joker was not a regular bad guy, he did not wanted to kill the protagonist, he wanted to create chaos and nothing more. Putting that aside, this Batman was more realistic than the Burton’s Batman and that was something new because Nolan created something that did not look like the comics and made it work. Saying that this has been the best Batman film ever is a little harsh on the other two Batman films directed by Burton because they were very different but this one is at least the second best.
11. Ungho Lee 10.12.15 / 7pm

    This movie, The Dark Knight, has the form of typical Hollywood movie style. Christopher Nolan, well known for the film ‘Inception’ directed the film. In The Dark Night, Batman squares off against a new foe: the Joker. During the movie has processed, good opposes evil. Batman represents as character of virtue, and Joker is representative man of evil. I think this movie shows conflicts between good and evil very well, and Heath Ledger who acted Joker was supported for his role as the Joker in the movie. Although this movie might have a form of ordinary style, but it represents opposition clearly, and it would be one of characteristics make the movie more interesting.
12. Nima Saifizadeh 07.17.19 / 4pm

    This film hits on so many levels. As you’ve said in your review, I have never met anyone who is dissatisfied. This film brings to light deep morals against an action and superhero film, which is extremely rare. With tremendous acting, special effects, a great traditional narrative, and visual tones that emphasis the story being told. This is one of my favourite films of all time.
13. SeongYoon 03.06.20 / 7pm

    Great review ! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone who isn’t satisfied with this movie. Also, I liked Batman since I was young, so when this movie was coming out, I looked forward to it a lot. I liked Christian Bale’s acting while watching the movie, but I couldn’t get out of the movie the moment I saw Heath Ledger’s acting as Joker. Not only was his facial expression changed, but everything he wanted to show in the movie, including his hand gestures, actions and voice. As you said, movie time is long but I think I watched it without knowing time passing.
14. Dakota Boynton 03.05.22 / 9pm

    The Dark Knight is amazing and definitely high up on my list of all time greatest movies. The acting by Christian Bale and Heath Ledger is next to none. The dark tones of the film create a very good action movie. Braeden, I can’t agree with your take on Batman Begins, I love an origin story but everything you said about The Dark Knight is spot on. I agree completely on Heath Ledgers performance, what an actor that will be missed by many. He absolutely carried the film to masterpiece status with Christian Bale. At this point I wish Christopher Nolan would make his Robin film that connects to The Dark Knight Rises.
15. Zach Martin 03.25.23 / 5pm

    Hey Braeden,
    I really appreciate you sharing your take on this film, The Dark Knight quickly became one of my favorite films after watching and as you mentioned this is largely due to Heath Ledgers legendary performance as the Joker. The plot of this film was also fantastic leaving me o the edge of my seat for the whole lengthy movie. Overall I fully agree that Heath Ledgers performance was really the glue and centerpiece of this film.

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