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media type="custom" key="8284962" Sean Christie Ms. Lisa Cjedo Honors English 12 3 February 2011 ** __ Boston.com review  __ ** Two hours and 32 minutes long, "The Dark Knight" is grimly magisterial. Much more serious in intent and message than 2005's "Batman Begins," "Dark Knight" would be fatally ponderous without Ledger's nasty little sprite. It's not quite fair to say that the late Heath Ledger steals "The Dark Knight" from Christian Bale and the forces of (problematic) good, but, as the Joker, he is the movie's animating principle and anarchic spark - an unstoppable force colliding with the immovable objects of Batman and director Christopher Nolan's ambitions "The Dark Knight" takes a while to sort itself out; even at 152 minutes, you can feel the three-hours-plus monster this was carved from. Confusion reigns in the opening scenes; loose threads abound toward the end (including one major figure literally left hanging). Yet the generous midsection works as an agonized big-muscle action film about a conflicted superhero. Ty Burr // Globe Staff //, The Dark Knight, [|http://boston.com] , // The Dark Knight // ** __ New York Times  __ ** Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind. But Heath Ledger’s Joker is a creature of such ghastly life, and the performance is so visceral, creepy and insistently present that the characterization pulls you in almost at once. No matter how cynical you feel about Hollywood, it is hard not to fall for a film that makes room for a shot of the Joker leaning out the window of a stolen police car and laughing into the wind, the city’s colored lights gleaming behind him like jewels. He’s just a clown in black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece. Manohla Dargis. “Showdown in Gotham Town.” __New York Times__ July 18, 2008. February 3, 2011 .   Batman has always been a classic series of a masked figure who manages to save the day. Batman originated from the comic books all the way up to the most recent movie, “The Dark Knight” The Dark Knight is a new breed of not only Batman, but all films in general. The Dark Knight was very popular from the time it was first seen on television previews all the way up to actually seeing the movie. The film itself is two hours and thirty-two minutes long; every minute is filled with vital pieces of information, action, and suspense. The high definition and well-designed special effects work well with the cast and storyline. The cast in this movie is packed with big acting names; few of which are Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. When someone hears about this movie, they would expect the hype of the movie to be about Batman. Yes, the movie is about Batman, but the big attention magnet is by far the Joker. This laughing menace full of tricks up his sleeve is played by Heath Ledger; who shortly died after the movie was made. This was one of the most unique and memorable characters to be in a movie. If there ever is another Batman movie with the Joker in it, there will most certainly be large shoes to fill after Ledger’s performance. Through the producing of this movie, Christopher Nolan brings a new intensity level of Batman film-making through // The Dark Knight. //From the moment this movie begins with the very first scene, which involves a bank robbery scheme where the Joker creates a big chain of assassinations within his henchmen who do his dirty work with the bank robbery. After this scene your heart is pumping faster than normal and the screen has your full attention as you continue watching. This is not like one of those movies that you see where it takes half of an hour to get into the action. When it comes down to rating this movie, I would give the movie a five out of five star rating. The entire plot of the movie is outstanding and has many twists that keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether you are in a scene where Wayne Industry owner Bruce Wayne (Batman) is getting new equipment and gadgets or if you are in a scene where the Joker is shooting a rocket propelled grenade at Batman, you will constantly be focused on watching the movie. You do not want to miss a single scene in this movie; not only for the sake of the story, but for the action and well-planned sets. In // the Dark Knight //, the views of people change throughout the story as well as the sides that certain people are on. In this movie, a man with green hair, a purple suit, face paint, and an evil laugh, the Joker terrorizes Gotham City. The Joker has an entire sequence of evil acts that are intended to root out the Batman and get him to take off his mask. Bruce Wayne decides he should retire from the masked figure, but quickly reconsiders after being convinced by a few of his close friends. One of the main characters claims to be Batman to buy the real Batman some time. If someone is considering a movie to rent the next time they are at Blockbuster or a movie store, I would highly recommend this film. This is one of those films that you can watch repeatedly because it never gets boring. Whether you are watching this movie on the computer, a handheld device, or television, you will be able to enjoy all of the action. You will quickly realize just how good of a movie // the Dark Knight // really is from the time you press play.