Throwback Thursday - The Dark Knight (2008)
Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, last week's Throwback Thursday took a look at Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. This week, we'll be taking a look at a film that was not only better than its predecessor, but can honestly be considered the best comic book film of all time. Heck, DC fans go nuts whenever you say anything negative about the movie. That movie is the 2008 comic book film: The Dark Knight.
The movie starts off some time after the events of Batman Begins, and Gotham City's criminals are now living in dread of the masked crime fighter known as Batman, Gotham has just elected Harvey Dent as their new district attorney, and Lt. Gordon is leading a new division of the GCPD. The movie opens with a group of clown masked robbers robbing a bank that just so happens to be a bank for the mob. Five of the robbers are killed, and the final robber gets away with the cash from the vault. This turns out to be the Joker, who loads the cash onto a school bus and gets away.
That very evening, after Batman stops a drug deal involving a mobster known as the Chechen, a bunch of Batman copycats, and the Scarecrow, he heads to the bank that the Joker robbed, and speaks with Gordon on making a play on all of the banks in Gotham that service the mob. The next day, Harvey, along with Rachel Dawes, makes a move to indict mobster Sal Maroni, who now runs the Falcone crime family. During the trial, mob underling Albert Rossi takes the fall, acquitting Maroni. Harvey later meets with Gordon, and gives him search warrants for the banks with the mob's money.
Meanwhile, an investor working with the mob named Lau, who is also in the midst of a business deal with Wayne Enterprises, moves the mob's money before the GCPD and Harvey can get to it. However, the Joker arrives and warns the mob leaders that unlike Harvey, Batman has no jurisdiction, and will go after Lau in Hong Kong. Joker then offers, for half of the mob's money, to kill Batman. A mobster named Gambol, however, is unconvinced and put a price on the Joker's head: $500,000 dead and $1,000,000 alive. Joker, along with his followers, go to Gambol's hideout and kill him later.
Bruce, after getting some new equipment, and a new suit, from Lucius, goes after Lau in Hong Kong, and delivers him to Gordon so that Harvey and Rachel can indict him and find out about the mob's money. Lau gives them a list of all the mobsters he's working for, and they are all promptly arrested and simultaneously convicted. However, the Joker, who the mob just hired to bring down Batman, makes a threat to kill people unless Batman unmasks himself. And I should really stop there, as I really think that you should see the movie for yourself to find out what happens. Yeah, it's over ten years old, but it's still one of those that you just need to watch it yourself.
The Dark Knight is widely praised the world over as quite possibly the greatest comic book film of all time. And I definitely agree with that. I feel that for his second Batman film, director Christopher Nolan made a genuine masterpiece that even hardcore Marvel fanboys can't deny how fantastic it is. The returning cast of Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman were all fantastic, and I like how both Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox got more to do this time around. Aaron Eckhart was terrific as Harvey Dent, and was definitely a favorite of mine in the movie. However, the one performance that everyone, myself included, gushes about with The Dark Knight is Heath Ledger as the Joker. Up until last year with Joaquin Phoenix in the movie Joker, Heath Ledger was seen as the best version of the Joker. Heck, even after Joaquin Phoenix and his major awards wins for his take on the character, Heath Ledger is still most DC fans' favorite version of the Joker. And honestly, yeah he was that good. Sadly, Heath Ledger did pass away several months before the release of The Dark Knight, but his performance was the brightest spot of the movie. I also enjoyed the return of Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow, which further tied this film with Batman Begins. Overall, I love The Dark Knight, and I give it a rating of 5/5. This movie is a definite must-watch for anyone who loves comic book movies. This is Chuck signing off. Join me on Sunday as I take a look at the final entry of the Dark Knight Trilogy: The Dark Knight Rises.
The movie starts off some time after the events of Batman Begins, and Gotham City's criminals are now living in dread of the masked crime fighter known as Batman, Gotham has just elected Harvey Dent as their new district attorney, and Lt. Gordon is leading a new division of the GCPD. The movie opens with a group of clown masked robbers robbing a bank that just so happens to be a bank for the mob. Five of the robbers are killed, and the final robber gets away with the cash from the vault. This turns out to be the Joker, who loads the cash onto a school bus and gets away.
That very evening, after Batman stops a drug deal involving a mobster known as the Chechen, a bunch of Batman copycats, and the Scarecrow, he heads to the bank that the Joker robbed, and speaks with Gordon on making a play on all of the banks in Gotham that service the mob. The next day, Harvey, along with Rachel Dawes, makes a move to indict mobster Sal Maroni, who now runs the Falcone crime family. During the trial, mob underling Albert Rossi takes the fall, acquitting Maroni. Harvey later meets with Gordon, and gives him search warrants for the banks with the mob's money.
Meanwhile, an investor working with the mob named Lau, who is also in the midst of a business deal with Wayne Enterprises, moves the mob's money before the GCPD and Harvey can get to it. However, the Joker arrives and warns the mob leaders that unlike Harvey, Batman has no jurisdiction, and will go after Lau in Hong Kong. Joker then offers, for half of the mob's money, to kill Batman. A mobster named Gambol, however, is unconvinced and put a price on the Joker's head: $500,000 dead and $1,000,000 alive. Joker, along with his followers, go to Gambol's hideout and kill him later.
Bruce, after getting some new equipment, and a new suit, from Lucius, goes after Lau in Hong Kong, and delivers him to Gordon so that Harvey and Rachel can indict him and find out about the mob's money. Lau gives them a list of all the mobsters he's working for, and they are all promptly arrested and simultaneously convicted. However, the Joker, who the mob just hired to bring down Batman, makes a threat to kill people unless Batman unmasks himself. And I should really stop there, as I really think that you should see the movie for yourself to find out what happens. Yeah, it's over ten years old, but it's still one of those that you just need to watch it yourself.
The Dark Knight is widely praised the world over as quite possibly the greatest comic book film of all time. And I definitely agree with that. I feel that for his second Batman film, director Christopher Nolan made a genuine masterpiece that even hardcore Marvel fanboys can't deny how fantastic it is. The returning cast of Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman were all fantastic, and I like how both Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox got more to do this time around. Aaron Eckhart was terrific as Harvey Dent, and was definitely a favorite of mine in the movie. However, the one performance that everyone, myself included, gushes about with The Dark Knight is Heath Ledger as the Joker. Up until last year with Joaquin Phoenix in the movie Joker, Heath Ledger was seen as the best version of the Joker. Heck, even after Joaquin Phoenix and his major awards wins for his take on the character, Heath Ledger is still most DC fans' favorite version of the Joker. And honestly, yeah he was that good. Sadly, Heath Ledger did pass away several months before the release of The Dark Knight, but his performance was the brightest spot of the movie. I also enjoyed the return of Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow, which further tied this film with Batman Begins. Overall, I love The Dark Knight, and I give it a rating of 5/5. This movie is a definite must-watch for anyone who loves comic book movies. This is Chuck signing off. Join me on Sunday as I take a look at the final entry of the Dark Knight Trilogy: The Dark Knight Rises.
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