![]() But what Nolan (who co-wrote the script) so astoundingly achieves in 'The Dark Knight' is the creation of a comic book movie that isn't really a comic book movie at all. Overlong, somewhat plotty and, upon repeated viewings, revealing some structural flaws, 'The Dark Knight' is still a wonderful achievement in filmmaking if not quite a flawless masterpiece for the ages.Īt this point, a plot synopsis would be redundant. I will now be a heretic and say that while I think 'The Dark Knight' is a very good film - and a great comic book film - my praise is slightly more reserved. It's really not an overstatement to say that the opening of 'The Dark Knight' was treated like the second coming of cinema. Here was a film that delivered on everything it promised. Audiences flocked to theaters (to the tune of over $500 million domestic), critics swooned, and the fanboys cried. Christopher Nolan has created a masterpiece! Heath Ledger is guaranteed to win an Oscar! The comic book movie has finally been transformed into an art form! Such hyperbole is nothing new in the world of movie marketing, of course, but what was most shocking about 'The Dark Knight' is that the film actually lived up to such near-impossible expectations. For months before its July release, the sense of anticipation was breathless. The hype for 'The Dark Knight' this past summer was almost deafening.
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