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Rated The Dark Knight 9/10

A career high performance from Ledger (in fact, it's a rare good performance) seals this as one of the best comic book movies of all time. His Joker dominates every scene he is in, chewing up the sets and instantly banishing Nicholson's version of the deranged anti-hero to the past. This movie is not just all about Ledger's tour de force either. Epic city-scapes, wonderfully choreographed action scenes and another driven script from the Nolan brothers mean we are almost constantly engaged in this movie. The Dark Knight isn't perfect. It's too long for a start, and this becomes evident in a second half lul, especially on repeated viewings. Bale's Batman is a bit wooden (as opposed to dark and brooding) almost as if Nolan wasn't really paying much attention to the titular character. These are fairly small gripes though, in what is a must-watch movie.

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Published 2012-04-08 00:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere