by Rianne Hill Soriano

Created on: October 04, 2010

The Dark Knight is a complex and violent tale with such an exquisite order in the chaos: between art and industry, poetry and entertainment. It is an explosively provocative film with straightforward action sequences collaborating with the character study and metaphor of what Gotham City is (both in the fictional world of its characters and the mundane world of its audience). It is a dark, disturbing, complex, ambitious, and visionary crime epic about people of courage, repressed love, firm dispositions, individual perspectives, and clashing egos.

Locked in a struggle for Gotham City's soul, The Dark Knight transports the viewer to an alternate yet recognizable realm. This is matched by a kind of moral complexity that is not usually associated with comic book film franchises.

Director Christopher Nolan lets the film's spectacular action scenes seem like the natural consequences of the conflicts between characters; which is then parallel to the contemporary state of this age's terrorism-obsessed actuality. The setting may be Gotham, but its landscape is transformed into a series of disquieting issues that effectively place the conflict between the tortured good and the contented chaos seen in the world's past, present, and perhaps, even its future. Gotham stands in for any of today's nations, superpowers, terrorism, and the rules of law and order. From these thematic explorations, it digs through the ideas of heroism, human nature, and fragile morality. Its riveting psychological thrill creates a masterful drama and tragedy shaking both the conscious and the sub-conscious.

The Dark Knight weaves a high level of bond between the outcast hero and the outrageous criminal. Its emphasis on plot and character development is very much apparent especially if compared with most current film adaptations from comic book sources. It goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic book kind with a diverse impact on art, literature, and human emotions. With the uncontested hype and the exhilarated artistry of this pitch-black thriller, it is a rare pop-culture oddity that shall certainly keep both comics fans and uninitiated audiences equally happy. This film is subtle and powerful that it renews the audience's faith in adaptations and sequels.

The Dark Knight is one of the most hyped movies to date with its marketing and promotion, the success of its predecessor (also crafted from Nolan's aesthetic lead), the manic zest seen on the teasers/trailers

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