Review: Dark Knight

Review: Dark Knight

Rating: ****

Nonna's Rating: $$$$

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Much has been written lately about how this film has been ignored for the most part by award givers. So far, only Heath Ledger's performance has received recognition. Maybe there is something sensible about film distributors not releasing films until Christmas. It does seem as if evaluation committees have forgotten this remarkable movie released last summer. Heath Ledger's performance is, however, outstanding and, definitely, disturbing. Early on in the film he gives an explanation for his depraved behavior. Its triteness should be a tip off. What we begin to understand about his motivation becomes more and more unsettling as the film moves inexoracbly to its close. This is a film about evil; it's a film about sin. Almost everyone, including Batman, is guilty of some ethical breach -- some less so (Morgan Freeman's character); some more so. In the space of a week, I saw this film twice. I haven't done that since Doctor Zhivago (3x). What still remains for me the most compelling scene is Batman with his phone standing on the corner of the Sears Tower in the hazy night. It wasn't CGI. Christian Bale was standing on the corner of the Sears Tower.

Nonna's Ratings:
$$$$ = Worth paying the Friday evening price
$$$= Worth paying the Matinee price
$$= Worth a rental

$ = Wait for cable
# = Skip it