Silver Screens: The Dark Knight

"Why so Serious?"'

Release: 18th July 2008
Status: Completed. Post Production.
Studio: Warner Brothers Entertainment Studios
Budget: A whopping 180 million $
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Cristian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhall
Plot: An awe-inspiring twisted plot where in Batman (Bruce Wane/Christian Bale) decides to tie up with Comissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) to wipe out the remaining gangster groups in Gotham City- but something goes wrong when an even more powerful gang with the most notorius villian ever in the Batman series- the mad and hysterical Joker (Heath Ledger) hits the city and wreaks havoc amidst Bruce Wayne- who is at his tenderhooks of choosing between his love Rachel (Maggie Gyllenhall) and the safety of Gotham.
Excerpt: (In the trailer) Joker (to Batman): "Why would I kill you? What would I do without you?" (laughter)
Tagline: "Why so serious?"

Trailer: Rating: U/A (India), Motion Pictures Association of America- PG 13

VERDICT

The Joker has done some immense potrayal of hysterical behaviour and unexpected mad bouts to utmost perfection which ads to the thrill. There has been a lot of stunt scenes for this movie especially the scene where the director has made a huge truck trailer flip over from back to front without any special FX. The scenes were shot mostly in Chicago and the famous Sears towers do feature in the movie (Batman stands on the edge of the rooftop). It is surely a better bargain then its predecessor Batman Begins- thanks to the Joker. We can sure hope to have a wonderful thrill watching this installment of Batman's.

ELITE WINDOW RATING: An expected 10/10

Aditya CR
The Elite Window