My TDK Review, don't worry I won't get specific or give any spoilers, I will just give my overall opinion of the film
First let me say, I am a tough critic, and I don't goto summer movies much anymore, cause most of the summer movies suck, including that crappola called Indy IV. TDK is fucking awesome, and is everything I have wanted in a summer blockbuster in the past 10-15 years. It lives up to the hype, and anyone who is looking for more in a movie then just constant action and special effects, this is your movie.
The movie is MADE for our age group (18-36 year olds) It is not made for kids, it is not dumbed down for the audience, as I will need to watch it again to fully digest the whole plot. There is no stupid shit in there like Jar Jar Binks or anything that will make you roll your eyes and think to yourself, "That was for merchandising."
Bale is great as usual, cool, calm, dark, edgy, and he IS Batman. Heath Ledger steals EVERY scene he is in, and this is what was missing from BB, a great villain, as Ledger is funny, over the top, yet you could picture him as a serial killer. The overall cast is great: Oldman, Caine, Freeman, even Gyllenhal does a good and is better then Katie 'Cruise' Holmes.
What made this movie great for me is it went deeper then the summer bullshit movies that are made every year. This movie made you think, made you question the decisions the characters were making, it made you put yourself in their position, and think, "OK, what would I do?" It got into the characters psychies, it showed their vulnerbilities, and it had a story that keeps you on your toes and isn't some paint by the numbers where you know where it is going. It was also greatly edited as it moved for a 2 1/2 hour movie, and never once got dull.
Nolan did a great job, and maybe Hollywood will take note that THIS is what people want to see, not CGI, not constant action, people like me want to see a grown up movie with a grown up story, with indepth characters set in a universe that only can be played out on a movie screen. This was the Star Wars of Comic Book movies to me.
This will rank right next to Superman I from 1978 as the two greatest comic book movies ever. Superman I is more like SW, dramatic, funny, and magical in the same breath, while TDK is more like ESB, dark, edgy, and kicks you right in the gut
TDK rating: A
Edit: I did forget, the movie is still fun if anyone was worrying it was going to be too serious. It has humor spread through the movie, that I feel BB lacked, as it balanced nicely with the serious subject the plot was dealing with. And it wasn't just The Joker who had all the funny lines like Nicolson had in 1989, Bale, Caine, and Freeman each got some good one liners in there.
