2008 | Christopher Nolan | 152 mins | 12
I’ve been waiting to see this film ever since my screening of Batman Begins ended back in 2005, so obviously i’ve been following the press and reading previews and reviews and anything else I could get my hands on. Then came the release in the US, calls for Ledger to get an Oscar and the film shooting to no. 1 on IMDb’s top 250 (after a brief stint in number 4) which of course lead to a backlash from certain moviegoers (”how can a film about a man in a bat mask be better than The Godfather!?!??!”). All of this only wetted my appetite even more. However, nothing - nothing, could have prepared me for what I saw last night, this film is fantastic and is worthy of all the praise it’s getting. All of the performances, Ledger’s especially (try taking your eyes off him when he’s on screen, almost impossible) but not exclusively were spectacular, spot on from everyone, from the leading cast to the supporting roles to background players. The story moved at a near perfect pace and had everything it needed to keep your bum on that seat from start to finish (I needed the toilet about an hour in but didn’t dare leave the screen in case I missed something).
I consider myself to be rather lucky, having been a kid when the original Batman films came out, wih their quirky, funny, light hearted stories and over the top villains (”You’re not sending ME to the COOLER!”) it was perfect and now I can watch them nostalgically, and now as an adult this new franchise has come along and started Batman over, the way it probably should have always been but I wouldn’t have fully appreciated. With TDK Nolan has created the best comic book adaptation to date and leaves only one question - how does he top it for part 3?
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