My Favourite Film

My personal favourite film is Batman:The Dark Knight. The movie was directed by Christopher Nolan in 2008, and my all time favourite actor, Heath Ledger, plays an unforgettable and highly distinguishable role in the film as the Joker. Additionally, Christian Bale (Batman) suits his role perfectly and has engraved his role of Batman into mine and millions of other fans' brain. Furthermore, all-star actors such as Gary Oldman(Gordon), Michael Caine(Alfred) and Morgan Freeman(Lucius Fox) play respectively minor roles in comparison to Batman and the Joker, but still manage to have a major impact by their performances. 

The main love I have for this film, as I mentioned earlier, is Heath Ledger(Joker). In my opinion, and most likely every other fans' opinion, I believe his performance in The Dark Knight was out of this world. The combination of his voice, facial expressions, and his recognizable laugh, Ledger absolutely stole the movie single handedly. However the tragic news of his death took the spotlight away from his performance and focused on the negative details about how he died, which I believe is a real shame.  Ledger played a role in 'Lords Of Dogtown', in which he played a young, handsome surfer and skateboarder. After this, he was portrayed as a 'hunk' in films. Ledger immediately wanted to change this image as he thought it wasn't the real him. In this effort, he became the Joker, which drastically changed the typical character Ledger normally played as. 


Additionally, I love this film for the simple fact that I adore all super hero movies, whether they are DC or Marvel. But for me, Batman as a concept, in my view, is by far the coolest and who everyone wants to be. Who doesn't want to be a billionaire who fights crime and is highly feared by the criminal underworld?      His bone-breaking combat skills and awesome gadgets provide a perfect mixture of action, intelligence and evasiveness. For me, the fact that Batman hides in the shadows and sneaks around, taunting the grunts, is a cruel but perfect way in dealing with his opponents. And his Tumbler...who doesn't want a black tank at their disposal? 


To finish, the directive talent of Christopher Nolan is unparalleled to any other director that I know of. The Dark Knight trilogy is one of the most successful collection of films ever made, and deservedly so. If you haven't seen this film...

"WHY SO SERIOUS?"