"The Dark Knight" has enjoyed rave reviews from critics and has obviously profited from positive word of mouth from audiences as it has become the second highest grossing film in American history. TDK has earned a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, a website that aggregates reviews from multiple sources. Of the 262 reviews looked at on Rotten Tomatoes, TDK received 246 positive reviews and only 16 negative, earning an average rating of 8.5 out of 10. On a similar site called Metacritic, which assigns reviews a score out of 100, TDK was given an average rating of 82%.
Empire magazine named TDK the number 15 movie of all time on their list of the 500 greatest movies ever made (check it out here) and placed Heath Ledger's Joker at the number 3 spot on their list of the 100 greatest movie character's (see it here). Empire said of the Joker, "There is no rhyme to him, no reason - just an appetite for anarchy, for chaos and for destruction that marks him out as the most terrifying screen psycho in years."
Not all reviews are positive, including one from David Denby at The New Yorker. Denby says of the fight scenes: "there are many fights that employ the devastating martial-arts system known as the Keysi Fighting Method... Unfortunately, I can’t tell you a thing about it, because the combat is photographed close up, in semidarkness, and cut at the speed of a fifteen-second commercial. Instead of enjoying the formalized beauty of a fighting discipline, we see a lot of flailing movement and bodies hitting the floor like grain sacks." Denby goes on to lament the soundtrack, saying that it "sounds like two excited mattresses making love in an echo chamber."
The most lauded aspect of TDK is without a doubt the performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker. Even Denby appreciates it, saying, "he’s mesmerizing in every scene" and that "his performance is a heroic, unsettling final act."
Here are some more reviews that are worth reading:
-Roger Ebert
-Peter Travers
-Todd Gilchrist
You can my review below.
Empire magazine named TDK the number 15 movie of all time on their list of the 500 greatest movies ever made (check it out here) and placed Heath Ledger's Joker at the number 3 spot on their list of the 100 greatest movie character's (see it here). Empire said of the Joker, "There is no rhyme to him, no reason - just an appetite for anarchy, for chaos and for destruction that marks him out as the most terrifying screen psycho in years."
Not all reviews are positive, including one from David Denby at The New Yorker. Denby says of the fight scenes: "there are many fights that employ the devastating martial-arts system known as the Keysi Fighting Method... Unfortunately, I can’t tell you a thing about it, because the combat is photographed close up, in semidarkness, and cut at the speed of a fifteen-second commercial. Instead of enjoying the formalized beauty of a fighting discipline, we see a lot of flailing movement and bodies hitting the floor like grain sacks." Denby goes on to lament the soundtrack, saying that it "sounds like two excited mattresses making love in an echo chamber."
The most lauded aspect of TDK is without a doubt the performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker. Even Denby appreciates it, saying, "he’s mesmerizing in every scene" and that "his performance is a heroic, unsettling final act."
Here are some more reviews that are worth reading:
-Roger Ebert
-Peter Travers
-Todd Gilchrist
You can my review below.
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