THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) Revisited: DC Movie Review
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- As much as fans loved Matt Reeves’ noirish take on The Batman, ask many folks what the best ever big-screen Batman movie is, and they’ll answer Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. A legendary sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins, this epic permanently changed how comic book movies were perceived. Until then, they were seen as fun potential blockbusters but without any artistic merit. When The Dark Knight came along, suddenly, critics started to take the genre seriously.
The movie also became a pop culture phenomenon, skyrocketing director Christopher Nolan to the top of the A-list, establishing Christian Bale as perhaps the definitive screen Batman (to that point), and making Hans Zimmer’s iconic score so influential blockbusters are still knocking it off to this day. However, the most celebrated aspect of the film is, without a doubt, Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker. Tragically, he would pass away before the film’s release, but he would win a posthumous Oscar and become a pop culture icon whose status hasn’t diminished in the 14 years since the film’s release.
In this episode of DC Revisited, we take a look at the making of Nolan’s classic, examining how the film was cast, the reaction from the MPAA (who almost gave the film an R-rating) and its lasting impact on the pop culture, with it being more than merely a hit film. It was a bonafide phenomenon.
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"If you're good at something, never do it for free"
Words to live by
Hahaha bahahaha me too
Batman disagrees.
@@uptown3636
Who’s going to pay him? The government?
Me while I sit in the restroom at work
Not at all. Exactly the way Americans are brainwashed from birth to think, though, so well done for soaking it up so well...
I still remember standing in a very long line to see this film at a 70mm IMAX theater here in Minneapolis on opening weekend. When I saw that opening sequence filled up the entire 7 stories tall screen, it blew me away. I ended up seeing the film two more times at that theater.
I saw it 4 times at a similar theater in Tampa. What a time to be alive.
By far the best Batman and comic book to this day and Heath Ledger was perfect and stole every single scene he was in. 10/10
The “LOOK AT ME!” scene made the entire theater audience quiet as a graveyard. You could hear a pin drop. It was very disturbing and felt so damn real. One of the best theater experiences I’ve ever had.
Agreed. That was unreal. It was like a demon spoke through Heath. Maybe the most frightening voice ever filmed.
cool man ..
my favourite line from Heath’s joker .. I’m like a dog chasing a car I wouldn’t know what do with it if I caught it
Going to the midnight release with my college friends that summer was an unforgettable experience.
Way too many people still think Heath Ledger died due to his role as the Joker. This is in no way the case. Michael Jai White even said recently that Heath was happy and joking around when making the movie.
People wants to create big dramas when in fact, he died like many do with an accidental overdose.
@@marc-antoinemarcoux697 so very true....
PRACTICAL EFFECTS BEFORE CGI
That's my motto
Disney can have all the money in the world
But they'll never top TDK in terms of quality and storytelling
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I love the MCU but I don’t think it’ll ever top The Dark Knight
@@IcyDiamond 💯💯💯💯
It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message.
@@jaboiryan7352lol
Fun fact. The clown mask Heather Ledger wore in the Bank robbery was same Ceasar Romero wore in a televised opera episode of the 1960s Batman show.
8:01, during your cast-call out, you forgot The one and only Spawn-Michael Jai White
"You complete me.", with only everybody remembering "Why so Serious?" Only Heath Ledger could get away with referencing another famous Rom Com Jerry Maguire and nobody batting an eyelid. That is Genius.
So terrible that Heath couldn't handle his real-life when he did with his movie life; the tragic loss of one so talented so young (and I have to add, an Aussie to make us all Aussies proud).! RIP Heath!
Not only is this the best comicbook movie ever made, it is also one of the best movies of all time. The progression from Batman Begins into The Dark Knight is abolutely astonishing. Heath Ledger even said after watching Batman Begins he knew exactly what he wanted to do with the Joker. He is still missed till this day
No lol
He sure stole the show didn't he? Joker is the best part of the movie.
Not even close to the best movie ever it's damn good and perfect but no
The movie is good. Nothing spectacular. Begins was way better.
Arguably the greatest teaser trailer of all time leading to the greatest superhero flick of all time. I remember waiting in line around the back of the theater to see the midnight showing.
It blew me away.
Still the only movie I've ever seen that 100% lived up to the hype. I've seen it probably a hundred times since it came out and love it more every time
It is not that good
@@Yupthereitism it is, the batman is a great movie, it really is, it’s even better than batman begins, but the dark knight is still just better. Not just because of joker. Everyone gives christian bale a hard time, but I think he played the roll greatly. Harvey dent is also extremely underrated, he is my favorite twist villian of all time. Maybe the sequel to the batman will top it, but we’ll have to see. Just keep in mind this is my opinion and it doesn’t have to be yours.
Only watch it for Heath ledger's superlative performance
Otherwise it's got a lot of flaws
The Character "James Gordon" (Gary Oldman) was the BEST that I have seen in all Batman Movies so far, including "The Batman".
There was a "sincere concern and humanity" with this Character and Actor in"The Dark Knight" that no body could touch...
From what I "have heard" there may be two other B-Man films in the near future using Pattinson as B-Man.
I am hoping for evolution of our favorite characters of the DC/B-Man Universe...
Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, Riddle (evolved), Scarecrow, Bane and Poison Ivy!
Oh the Evil that "could be"...
But maybe introduce "Darkwing" instead of "Boy Wonder/Robin" PLEASE...
Oldman did nothing but shout through all three of the Nolan movies. Gary Oldman is shouty actor
@@paulharris7660 I agree, but Gary Oldman "fit the part" very well as his assigned Character.
I like knowing the array of source materials that inspired this film. I had no idea German expressionism was in there although it makes sense.
This film changed my way of looking at film, not only as entertainment, but most importantly as an art form. I was 12 years old in 2008, to paint you a picture of my taste in film back then, I used to think that the first Transformers and Spider-Man 3 where amazing films, obviously I kept watching the action scenes only. Then one day my mom took me to the opening day of The Dark Knight and everything changed. Something happened after the film ended, I was blown away by it, the story was an emotional roller-coaster, I knew that I've seen my new favorite film, it changed me and it changed my thought of what a movie could be. Ever since this is still my favorite film of all time.
One of the best movies I have ever seen 'Begins' is up there with it.
Heath ledger will always be my personal favorite live action Joker, with Mark Hamill being the best overall.
The Dark Knight is still the gold standard in Superhero themed movies.
This is an amazing visit to the Dark Knight. Such an amazing movie. I don’t think the MCU would be where it’s at without Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman.
The only thing you forgot to add was Heath winning an Oscar for the roll.
ENDGAME might be the highest grossing superhero of all time
But TDK is the ULTIMATE SUPERHERO MOVIE
I agree
Excellent video. I love your DC revisited series. If you have been going in chronological order, I have noticed that the hilarious ( though not intentional) 1997 STEEL is missing as well as 2006’s SUPERMAN RETURNS.
Hopefully we will get videos on those as well.
Even the teaser for this movie gave me chills.
One of my favorite movies ever. Saw it with my dad such a great memory I get to have of him and I watching this badass movie
People usually say theyve watched their favorite movie a million times. But, I saw this movie 86 times and counting.
I got to see this epic movie on opening night in Tacoma, WA, my home town. Saw it twice in a row actually. The first show was partially ruined by a pair of punks sitting next to me who woud not stop texting and fucking with their phones. After about a few minutes into the movie and them not responding to courteous requests to knock it off, they were both removed summarily, by myself and another patron and finally the lazy-ass ushers who finally showed up.. One punk threw a swing at me, missed, and hit an usher. I threw th punk to the ground via bouncing his head off the back of a seat.
First show ruined by the punks and us having to talk to mgmt and on-site security and police called due to violence. Got a free large popcorn though. And admittance to next show. The theater played the movie for 24 hours and sold out every show. Fun Fact: The punks who caused all this got arrested again for vandalizing a car in the parking lot. For some reason they thought it belonged to me or the other patron who backed me up.
I also remember watching the opening sequence in imax a month before the release. They showed it during the trailers for I am Legend. And when the 7 minute opening scene was over I remember clapping and looking around wondering why no one else was clapping along to the most amazing sequence in film I had ever seen… in imax.
Surprised there was no mention of the marketing campaign leading up to the release, which was pretty tied to the story.
Stood in the exact spot Heath did on LaSalle st when I visited Chicago. Gave me goosebumps.
I'm surprised you missed this, but Ledger's Joker voice was based off of Tom Waits. And Ledger was a friendly member with the crew, hence the famious photo of him playing with a skateboard over Christian Bale's body. Interviews with Michael Jai White said he would perform his scene with Ledger and he was very giving as an actor even if the amount of work it took to put on the make up would have been replaced with a double in most films. And he should know being Spawn.
Glad you noticed the Adam West references, there's a bunch in there that often get missed but are really obvious, like Joker's mask or when he abducts the Gotham News Crew.
I love Christopher Nolan and his films.
Dark Knight was awesome wish they just had just the Joker and had Two Face in another movie,I saw Dark Knight twice when it came out and was cool.
Heath Ledger and Jack Nicolson are my two favorite live action Jokers.
I thought Katie Holmes was urged by Tom Cruise to leave the Dark Knight because he did not want her to upstage him.
JACK NAPIER
wasn't a comedian
He was a mob enforcer
BATMAN 1989
BATMAN :
MASK OF THE PHANTASM
I found him funny in a dark and scary way
It still holds up to this day!
Best comic book movie of all time in my book the cast fantastic Heath ledger well deserved Oscar but I felt the movie should have won best picture in 2008 also 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Not only the greatest Comicbook film' ever made.. but it's in my top 5 of best movie's I've ever seen.. but I'm bias cuz it was filmed in my hometown sweet home Chicago
The only thing that makes this movie feel dated is the flip phones. I can watch the joker scenes over and over again until I die.
Like so many other BATMAN fans, I am so SICK of everyone "recreating Batmans Origin Story"!
The BATMAN was long, but at least they did not even hint on this.
Aaron Eckhart's Dent/TwoFace is an exceptional performance, and often let unmentioned after Ledger's Joker.
Joker why so serious best line in the movie
Chillingly brilliant
Every time my girlfriend and I get in a argument I say why so serious. For awhile it would make her laugh , now it makes her more mad . But a great line is a great line .
I am a big fan of Batman & Joker, and The Dark Knight. But they made a joke out of Scarecrow! He is much much more powerful with many tricks and hypnotism. My only gripe with this movie is that of Scarecrow, either they stretch his character a bit, and also focus on his past crimes a bit too. The Dark Knight made the Scarecrow looks weird and not scary at all, which he was in the comics!
Great video to a great film, will you be doing Superman Returns aswell?
This is THE Best comic book movie ever Made. Period.
No one to this day made a better comic book movie. Dark Knight must feel really lonely at the top
Joker 2019
Top 5 movie of all time and easily the greatest comic book movie
Batman Begins is my favorite Batman movie and this is my favorite Joker movie. I think Bale overdid it with the Bat voice in this one, but the power of Heath Ledger is undeniable
Everyone says the pencil tricks not possible but that wasnt the point, it was to let you know that this isn't your acid squrting flower, hand shack shocking, winding up explosive toy bombs, fake bang flag guns type of joker, he's not a trickster, he's an evil mastermind genius this was an antagonist like we have ever seen before, thats why the film holds up & reinvented the superhero movie genre & set the gold standard for amazing rewatchable movies like goodfellas & shawshank redemption etc.
i couldn't tolerate your voice - bailed at 35 seconds
TDK is the GODFATHER of superhero movies
Absolutely 💯💯💯💯
The dark knight is a great film
Heath ledger was amazing as the joker and I also liked Aaron eckhart portrayal of two face way better than Tommy Lee jones once again Christian bale was great
The disappearing pencil magic trick still makes me laugh ... not sure if thats a good or not mind you :)
I love that movie 🍿🎥💓💓💓
This wasn't the video i deserved but it was the one i needed.
Never once noticed the aspect ratio changes, even knowing they're in there
You guys should cover the Austin Powers series, just throwing that out there.
Christian Bale’s Batman voice always bothered me. Every time I hear it, it feels like I have a sore throat
😂I know exactly what you mean.
Nope I loved it.... It was distinctive
@@cadillacdeville5828 it was terrible and makes the film unwatchable
I think if not for this movie Ledger would be mostly forgotten. But his death was not shocking. Sad like River Pheonix that another actor imploded before their time.
I just remember like so many people the backlash to Heath Ledger being announced as the actor to play the joker and all the horrible backlash and nasty comments such as getting a gay cowboy ( in reference to brokeback mountain) to play the role and thinking this too much negativity and people being over the top cos I liked Heath Ledger (personal favourite was his role in the knights tale up to that point)however my personal views was he would have to do a smashing job to beat Jack Nicholsons performance as the joker as me and my brother as laughed and enjoyed his performance. But man after we came out of the cinema saying that movie should be renamed the joker cos my god what a ground shaking performance it was by the great late Heath Ledger just I don’t know where to begin man but also taking his performance aside the supporting cast such as Gary Oldman and Aron Eckhart ( extremely underrated in this movie) the problem this movie had was given Heath Ledgers performance it overshadowed Christian Bale, he did a great job, but just paled in comparison. I would like think in a different universe a scenario where Heath Ledger played the joker opposite to Robert Pattinsons brilliant and my favourite portrayal of the Batman 🤔
I watched it twice opening day. Imax first.
Then watched in imax at least 2 more times. When people would ask me why I would say “I’ll never be able to watch it in imax again” or any theater. Unless there’s a re release of course
The IMAX ratio change is only distracting for people who like to complain. It’s a film. Grain, ratio, and other things people gripe about really appall me. The sequences are incredible but the black bars appearing and disappearing are such small issues, it’s kinda sad that people are so distracted by them.
Oh c'mon...Nestor Carbonell appeared in the first live-action TV adaptation of The Tick as Bat-Manuel. That should've been mentioned.
Just a small question: after batman begins in 2005 , in cronologycal order wasn't it suposed to come the 2006 superman returns??? Just a small question 😁😁😁
It’s a shame that Ledger was really noticed and appreciated after his Joker role. He was known as the “pretty boy Brokeback Mountain guy”. Pretty much how casual movie watchers see Pattison, the “Twilight guy”; even though Pattison has had amazing roles and should already be nominated for an oscar. Let’s not forget “the Gay cowboy” was nominated for that character and was amazing along with Gyllenhall. This is why I don’t stereotype actors. Matthew McConaughey in the early 2000’s was the typical pretty boy in dumb chick flicks but I got to see flashes of greatness in the 90’s with Amistad and A Time To Kill. McConaughey later went back to serious dramas and won an oscar for Dallas Buyers Club.
GREAT VIDEO!
THANKS FOR SHARING.
Love me some BATMAN material...
-T🖖
Western Washington State
P.S. Michael Keaton "IS" Batman in my books
The Mayor is, more interestingly, also Bat-Manuel on the first live-action TICK show.
The best comic book movie , a real masterpiece a legendary movie 🎖🥇👏🥇🎖🥇👏👍🏅🏆👑🏆👑🏆🏅👍🤗😊👏🥇
One of my Top 5 Movies.
One of the 🐐
The Dark Knight is not only one of the best movies of all time but also the greatest comic book movie of all time.
Mark Hamill is the definitive Joker, but Heath is a close second.
I'm in the waaaaay small minority that feels like TDK is a complete let down (outside of Health Ledger's performance). I don't like that Gotham itself has no real Identity of itself. And I feel like the story tries and fails to replicate the story structure of No Country for Old Men Men. As I feel like TDK actually wants Harvey Dent to be the actual Protagonist (similar to Tommy Lee Jones in NCFOM) as the Joker AND Batman are two unchanging forces (something that the joker even alludes to) and Harvey having the only real character arc. Only his story really falls flat, and his ultimate change to two-face is not very impactful.
Sorry but you are so far off . First off No Country For Old Men was straight up boring trash. Also there is almost no dialogue in No Country. So I don't get the comparison.
@@feck2594 story structure. No country's main character is Tommy Lee Jones, despite being in the film for maybe 20 minutes, it is about him and how the case and changing times affect him. he is the main character of the film. I feel like TDK did the same thing as far as structure is concerned, Batman really isn't a character and the Joker isn't a character.. And the Joker even says it at one point, that he is an unstoppable force, and Batman is an unmovable object, and the real character, at least to me, that seems to have an arc.. was Harvey Dent, but his story line was the weakest of the three.
I also feel that the movie is about 1/2 hour too long. and perhaps the rush to turn Dent to Two-face in that last 1/2 didn't do his character and storyline much justice.
@@feck2594 I also do think that this was a Jonathan Nolan failing, as he followed it up with Re-writes to Terminator Salvation, and many of the same ambiguous protagonist issues happened again.
@@feck2594 tdk is overrated and boring
I feel like the movie is heavily inspired by Heat, but an interesting point of view.
The Best Bat Film ever.
including the best batmobile, best batsuit, best villain
Side Comment,...
If in the "Whenever it's going to happen" FLASH Movie picks up again, if Michael Keaton is going to be in this Movie (as a Multiverse Batman), then why not bring Jack Nicholson as "The Multiverse" Joker?
Jack doesn't do movies anymore he said he can't remember his lines due to his age and current well being
@@arizonaFIREent That is really too bad that we are slowly losing all of our "Good Actors and Actresses" due to age and Drugs...
Imagine Steve fucking carrell as Joker? Jesus they dodged a bullet with that one
I can’t see a video about The Dark knight and not click on it..❤
Review for batman Begins and TDKR
No mention of Matthew Modine?
"Jokers comic book movie debut"
Does that make sense ?
I was just searching for heath ledger stuff
Imagine if Christopher Nolan comes back to direct something like this masterpiece again, Moonknight anyone?
His performance will stand the test of time
This is one of the best movies ever made. No need for the superhero or 00's caveat.
Truly a great movie..that simple
A masterpiece 💯💯💯💯💯💯
Only one of the best movies ever made 🖤🦇👍
I did not think Maggy whatever was good in the role. She just seems sarcastic and uninterested
I used to love this movie, but because of Heath Ledger, I'll never watch it again!
The Tumblers "Transformation" to the "Bat-Cycle" was AWESOME, but not probable or believable in an "Engineering Aspect"!
It's like"Blue-Screen" in your "Local Morning News", it has the Stuff that you want but it's not real...
🤡Heath Ledgers Joker Lives Forever in Slogans and Memes...and Here We Go!
One of the best ones in the series.
The greatest Batman film 🎥 ever made. A solid 10 out of 10.
Why did you guys skip Superman Returns?
They also skipped Steel and Return of the Swamp Thing. But yeah, Superman Returns is a big miss.
it's just...it's just...I feel like they left something on the table for the 3rd movie that would've otherwise been made; since they wrote 2 and 3 together...did they burn all copies of that script? can we still get that movie, somehow
They didn't have plans for a 3rd movie.
Originally they threw around the idea of making Joker the villain of the second movie and two-face being the villain for the 3rd. But they instead had Harvey as a secondary villain in the second movie.
Nolan has said that after all 3 of the movies he wasn't sure he'll make another. He was prepared to end with TDK even if Ledger lived.
Whatever you do, don't mention Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns as an influence to this and all Batman stories to hit the silver screen. I mean this movie's title is only a truncated version of the comic's name.
Awesome video for a Perfect Batman movie.