The Dark Knight. 2008.
Christopher Nolan's sequel to Batman Begins and this certainly lived up to the hype that was advertised 14 years ago and still going strong. Christian Bale seemed to adapt to the character of Bruce Wayne and we also see helearning to keep the Batman persona serperate from his regular billionaire side a struggle with good creative writing. Gary Oldman returns as Gordon and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent who wants to clean up Gotham and using Batman as help and back up. Maggie Gyllenhaal steps into the role of Rachel that was previously played by Katie Holmes and shows the character to be stronger than before.
Caesar Romero and Jack Nicholson brought the character Joker to the screen with some wit and humour but Heath Ledger went further than these two. Ok he brought some humour but he is more menacing and plays the psychological mind games with a darker side without even blinking. Even the make up especially round the eyes gives him that creepy look that you don't want to make eye contact with him. Right from the start there is no delay in getting to the plot on how insane the Joker is and how he plays everyone against each other.
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