Recently i went to see the new Batman film 'The Dark Knight'. I'm sure it's the huge cliche at the moment to talk about how amazing Heath Ledger is but there you go...I was a huge fan of 'Batman Begins' and thought that they wouldn't really top it with a sequel, however i was proved wrong. With a mix of Ledger's dark and quirky version of The Joker and some top of the range actors playing the more minor roles, such as Michael Cane and Morgan Freeman the film in my opinion was one of the best action films to come out of Hollywood for years.The film is almost three hours long but you don't even really seem to notice just flying along with the plot and seeing all the twists and turns, i think its great to have a bad guy who just never saw the wrong in what he was doing. The Joker is distructive only for the sake of it and never redeems himself, therefore changing the idea of the true American moral that appears to show through so many things that come out of Hollywood.
Little touches brought the film to the peek of it's greatness, things such as the Joker's make up being over scars, and him changing his story throughout the film as to how he got them. The colouring of the whole film is dark and dingy and puts you in the right frame of mind, as well as the music keeping you highly tense. Lee Smith, the editor of 'The Dark Knight' also cut the camera angles and the scenes so well that your eyes never left the screen.
All the actors played a great role within this film, the only thing i would have to moan about is Christan Bale's voice for Batman...is there a need to growl to the people that know you are Batman? However, Ledger especially played an amazing part within the film and will be missed in the acting world. Below is a link to him talking about playing The Joker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKa-aDga1fE
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