With
The Dark Knight Rises due in theaters next July, what better time to revisit the middle sibling of Nolan's Bat-trilogy,
The Dark Knight?
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| Make no mistake, the guy's still a master. |
Now before I get started, I need to make a few things clear. Like all other Bat-fans across the world, I stood in line at midnight for the film that early buzz deemed the greatest comic book adaptation of all time. I giggled with glee – and even shed a tear or two – as Heath Ledger brought us the greatest live-action interpretation of The Joker to date. And after the credits rolled, I walked out of the theater wide-eyed and speechless, eager to tell the world that the definitive Batman film had finally become a reality.
But with more than a dozen viewings under my utility belt, I can confidently say that
The Dark Knight, while a landmark achievement for on-screen superheroics, suffers from several issues that keep it just shy of landing the top spot.
