The Dark Knight

IMDB: The Dark Knight

Source: Cinema

Date viewed: July 22, 2008

This is not a well-constructed story; they tried to cram in too much plot. Plus, they tacked on too much explain-y stuff at the end where it hung like a broken wing. Heath Ledger was good as the Joker, but I think his performance would have seemed better still if they had shaped up the ending. Michael Caine was entertaining as Alfred, and there were some cool special effects, but it suffered from the all-too-common pitfall of subjugating the superhero's power to the plot - something that always vexes me. - A

I really enjoyed Ledger's Joker, and the action was good, if a tiny bit flawed by the pitfall mentioned above. Overall, I enjoyed it. - T