Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 7321902176581 Format: PAL Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 2 Release Date: December 08, 2008 Running Time: 152 minutes Sales Rank: 6 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk ReviewThe Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralysed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role), the longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne. In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil. And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also shine, but as good as Bale is, his character turns out rather bland in comparison (not uncommon for heroes facing more colorful villains). Director/co-writer Christopher Nolan (Memento) follows his critically acclaimed Batman Begins with an even better sequel that sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like Spider-Man 2 and Iron Man because of its sheer emotional impact and striking sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers here. At 152 minutes, it's a shade too long, and it's much too intense for kids. But for most movie fans--and not just superhero fans--The Dark Knight is a film for the ages. --David Horiuchi
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Best Batman film since Tim Burton's 1989 classic.
Ah yes, The Dark Knight. The hype for the film, as you probably remember, was huge. As a fan of Batman, I saw it soon after it came out and, frankly, I loved it. I simply couldn't wait for the DVD, so I snapped it up as soon as possible. Was it as good as I remembered it? Well, yes. This is probably the best Batman since Tim Burton's 1989 film. The film starts off incredibly well with the bank scene- it perfectly showcases the Joker as an insane and reckless criminal. Speaking of the Joker, Heath ... Read More
Rating: - the film we needed, but not the film we deserved
First things first, the elephant in the room, Heath Ledgers performance, I was quite apprehensive at first due to the sheer hype people seemed to be piling around his role as the joker, but I approached the film with an open mind and discovered the performence far exceeds the hype, Ledger pulls out all the stops. It's top notch witch brings into sharp stinging focus the performance of Christian Bale, while he plays the roll with a certain accuracy and expected seriousness (why so serious? well he's ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Film, Disappointing DVD. Waste of money
As the title says: a great film but poor DVD product. Why? Because for a "2 Disc Limited Edition", the low amount of Special Features is shocking. Do not expect a complete and lovingly created collection of special features you may find on a usual "Spiderman" DVD or any DVD from Pixar. No, this DVD does not even have a commentary present. Is the studio guilty of rushing the product for the Christmas season? Read on.
This is a brilliant film with great acting that has scored hundreds of ... Read More
Rating: - Over-rated
Big disappointment
First half of movie moved too slowly and second half too fast. Christopher Nolan was not up to the job as scenes were choppy like some were cut to save time - making story and characters hard to follow at times. The sets were uninteresting - Batman's cave (abandoned office space with lighted ceiling gave me a headache (maybe Nolan was over-budget and had to save money). What happened to the manor house with the cool cave? Casting was poor - Gary Oldman presented a weak, ... Read More
Rating: - a review of the movie and the dvd. such as the latter is
a new batman movie, which follows on from the end of 2005's batman begins. It should be pretty easy to get into this if you haven't seen batman begins, but you might get more out of this if you have.
thanks to the advent of the batman, the forces of good in gotham city are starting to clean the place up. they have the mobs on the run, and a new hero in the shape of handsome and clean cut district attorney harvey dent. a man who has a novel way of dealing with hostile witnesses.
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- Best Batman film since Tim Burton's 1989 classic.
- Excellent Film, Disappointing DVD. Waste of money