I went to see The Dark Knight at the weekend with some of my ex-workmates. First of all the movie is VERY good! I was really looking forward to seeing the movie as it had some excellent reviews. According to IMDB it is the no.1 movie ….. EVER. The average rating on IMDB right now is 9.3 out of 10.
I had read a couple reviews and pretty much all of them were given a top rating (since then I have read one review of 2 out of 5 – I think he was just in a bad mood when he watched it!!).
I really enjoyed Batman Begins so was expecting big things from The Dark Knight. It had everything. The stand out performance though is most certainly Heath Ledger as the Joker. He is fantastic. Its a truly menacing performance. AMAZING!!! Hes also not one of those “bad guys” who threatens to do something but doesnt end up doing so. He really does end up blowing a hospital up. Hes funny aswell with several laugh out moments. One of the ones I remember is the pencil vanishing trick. LOL
The special effects were great too … its always good to see the awesome batmobile (which is more like a tank!). I am trying not to spoil any of it for people who have not seen it yet but just to say the make-up/prosthetics are great … rather gruesome. (In some way surprised it was a 12A and not a 15).
The movie is quite long so be warned. Its about 2 and a half hours so including adverts and trailers your going to be in the cinema for almost 3 hours so go to the toilet first!! At one point in the movie it seems to be getting towards the end but then theres another 45 minutes!!!! 
Like I said its a very good movie but without Health Ledger it would just be a good action movie. (Almost Christian Bale’s batman voice is really annoying).
Rating: 8.75/10
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