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Dark Knight, The (2008) Rank 2 Reviews
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Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
A big summer blockbuster rich in characters. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
Eye for Film (Richard Mellor)
Holy hype, Batman, hasn't Christopher Nolan's $180 million follow-up to his own Batman Begins caused a stir? Thanks to a well-received original, a hugely powerful, year-long viral campaign and Heath Ledger's premature death, The Dark Knight has initiated ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Eye for Film (Richard Mellor)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
[Ledger's] performance is also the most interesting thing in the film, and when the Joker is absent, The Dark Knight loses most of its energy and dynamism. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
ReelTalk (Joanne Ross)
Batman continues his quest to clean up Gotham City. He is aided again by the stalwart Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and the zealous new district attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), the city's hero and only hope for restoring sanity. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at ReelTalk (Joanne Ross)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
relatively high-quality pulp. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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There is a moment near the end which seemed a pointless boost for Batman's philosophy of the greater good and its potential to resist fear. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Ruthless Reviews
Daily Mail [UK] (Christopher Tookey)
Overlong and pretentious - but a hit ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Daily Mail [UK] (Christopher Tookey)
Time Out New York (David Fear)
Visually impressive, but any hack can do a halfway decent job with trailer-ready tangents. Not everyone can push the genre forward, and the fact that Nolan's padded popcorn flick isn't the streamlined masterpiece it could have been is a real buzzkill. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Time Out New York (David Fear)
Ruthless Reviews
Issues of real-world importance deserve a serious forum, not exploitation at the hands of carnival barkers. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Ruthless Reviews
It's a rather plodding affair, on the whole. Some have complained that the movie is just no fun, but fun isn't really the issue. Elegance is. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at
San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
"The Dark Knight" turns out to be just an overlong slog. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
It's the standard-bearer for the school of comic-book movies that confuses pompousness with seriousness and popular mechanics for drama. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Isthmus (Kent Williams)
If you're expecting frothy entertainment, the joke's on you. ...read the complete Dark Knight movie review at Isthmus (Kent Williams)
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by ryan on January 27, 2009 Ogden, Utah
I thought this one was a really great movie I used to watch all of the old Batman and thought they were so awesome, but the way that they're making them now is unbelievable. My favorite character out of Batman is the Joker in all of the previous ...
by cory on February 06, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Many people credit this movie's success to its fantastic actors, but this movie would have gotten nowhere without the ingenious and somewhat twisted minds of the Nolans.
Evidence of this can be found in the first Batman flick, which is just as ...
by jared on January 20, 2009 American Fork, Utah
Personally, I thought this movie had all the elements of a great super hero movie. Nothing was unrealistic, acting was superb, action didn't take away from the plot and meaning of the movie, and so on. ...
by darin on January 22, 2009 North Salt Lake, Utah
In looking at the past Batman movies, this one has to rank up there. There are just a few things that didn't really seam to click with me. I didn't understand the voice of Batman. It seamed like sometimes he was in the deep voice and sometimes ...
by marc on February 13, 2009 Brentwood, Tennessee
Great show! I'm still undecided as to which one was better the first one (the remake) or this one. I'm probably going to have to go with Dark Knight since the acting from Heath Ledger was probably one of the best I have seen in a very long ...
by Geminga on January 15, 2009 Roy, Utah
This was a great movie. Heath did a wonderful job as the Joker. While the movie is longer, or aleast feels longer than most it is a good story that keeps your interest.
If you are a comic book fan, you will enjoy this movie. ...
by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
I have to say that I enjoyed this movie far better than the first one. I don't know why movies think that they need to get the entire origin story in a film. That's just not for good entertainment. We need action and this one brings ...
by Scott on January 23, 2009 Clearfield, Utah
By far the best action hero movie made to date. Great Story, Great Acting, Great everything. This one will be in my collection for years to come. ...
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by Geminga January 19, 2009 02:46 PM MST
Great Movie
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