The Dark Knight Official Critics Reviews of TDK

[ANTOINE X]

The movie is a master piece no doubt and I still give it a 9.5/10 But my Critics goes for ALL the Batman movie so far. that include Timburton & Shumacher.


Tell me If I'm wrong but I have the filling that Batman doesn't evolve that much. In every movie it ends with batman finding the final clue then going floor by floor beating guys one by one. Which I really like. But that's the only thing the audience knows about Batman But Batman he's also a very clever guy who likes to study his opponent so that he can beat them in their own games and I Hope Nolan didn't forget about that cause the previous directors did.. Other than that it's perfect!.

I would really want a Batman expert to tell me if i'm right or wrong on this

 

[CristiMAN]

A complete ******ed critic here in Portugal (from a respected newspaper) didn't enjoy the film and stated something incredible stupid like this:

The Dark knight takes itself so serious and trys so hard to hurt and beat Batman, that makes us forgive and miss Joel Schumacher for taking Batman to Las Vegas...

Such a dumbass it's hard to believe. The debate has been going strong about Burton/Nolan... But this is just a braindead critic trying to be a smart dub ass...

http://www.cinema2000.pt/ficha.php3?id=12838&area=criticas

 

[MouthForWar]

Some people REALLY have nothing to do:

http://thedarkknightsucks.com/

 

[Merkel]

A complete ******ed critic here in Portugal (from a respected newspaper) didn't enjoy the film and stated something incredible stupid like this:

The Dark knight takes itself so serious and trys so hard to hurt and beat Batman, that makes us forgive and miss Joel Schumacher for taking Batman to Las Vegas...

Such a dumbass it's hard to believe. The debate has been going strong about Burton/Nolan... But this is just a braindead critic trying to be a smart dub ass...

http://www.cinema2000.pt/ficha.php3?id=12838&area=criticas

Ridiculous, makes me ashamed they are my countryman.

Eles que vão para o caralho

 

[Twin723]

A complete ******ed critic here in Portugal (from a respected newspaper) didn't enjoy the film and stated something incredible stupid like this:

The Dark knight takes itself so serious and trys so hard to hurt and beat Batman, that makes us forgive and miss Joel Schumacher for taking Batman to Las Vegas...

Such a dumbass it's hard to believe. The debate has been going strong about Burton/Nolan... But this is just a braindead critic trying to be a smart dub ass...

http://www.cinema2000.pt/ficha.php3?id=12838&area=criticas

Will this review go up on RT?

 

[Merkel]

I doubt it. They're a bunch of nobodies.

 

[CristiMAN]

I doubt it. They're a bunch of nobodies.

No he is not in RT. Supose is just too bad as a critic... The dumbass is Eurico de Barros and writes his trash in Diario De Noticias...

PS: é sempre bom encontrar malta tuga por aqui! Fica bem... Se puderes vai lá ao link que meti em cima e responde ao animal. Mas mantem a coisa civilizada senão não são aprovados os comentários! Why so serious????

 

[CristiMAN]

I doubt it. They're a bunch of nobodies.

No he is not in RT. Supose is just too bad as a critic... The dumbass is Eurico de Barros and writes his trash in Diario De Noticias...

PS: é sempre bom encontrar malta tuga por aqui! Fica bem... Se puderes vai lá ao link que meti em cima e responde ao animal. Mas mantem a coisa civilizada senão não são aprovados os comentários! Why so serious????

sorry, double post

 

[JackBauer24]

Mark Kermode's mixed review for the BBC (he loved Begins).

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[Superhobo]

"And now Bum Reviews, with Chester A. Bum."

 

[Hero 1]

Mark Kermode's mixed review for the BBC (he loved Begins).

I got the impression he liked it overall, he was just as critical of some things in Batman Begins as well. I was disappointed that they cut the end bit out of his review though.

 

[usernameinuse]

The original bat suit can’t protect him against dog bites? What? Wait, it can withstand bullets, but it can’t protect against dog bites. The new one is easier to move in and protects him better from dog bites (maybe, this was never clarified), but no longer even partially protects him from bullets. He’s one of the richest men in the country, he can coordinate huge government contracts which somehow allow him to appropriate the signals of 30 million cell phones in Gotham city (nevermind that the sonar thing is totally and completely unrealistic), but apparently he can’t afford a decent bat suit that BOTH let’s him turn his head AND protects his body the same as the first one.

He is absolutely right.
"Armor is too heavy, need to be faster" - "You want to move your head" - was a ****ty explanation for the new suit. The cowl was never part of the suit, so ot's not Mr Fox's cup of tea. Call your guys in Singapore Mr Wayne ...

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

I don't know where all these fresh ratings have been coming from, DK's been getting a mauling over here. Everyone seems to be complaining about the running time, the hype pushing the movie beyond what it actually is etc.

The Sunday Times Cosmo Landesman (******** with EVERY review he writes) discarded the actual narative, but fell back on the old Burtons was gothic better because it was gothic cliché and 9/11 analogies (a lot of which he needlessly crowbars in).

I'm told another review complained that the Batman > Joker > Dent car chase was ripped off The Matrix Reloaded.

I'm all for opposing opinions, and I only read reviews to be curious, but how some people would miss the entire points of the film in front of them at the expense of forcing in their own art house connotations to tiny sentences is beyond belief.

 

[CristiMAN]

I don't know where all these fresh ratings have been coming from, DK's been getting a mauling over here. Everyone seems to be complaining about the running time, the hype pushing the movie beyond what it actually is etc.

The Sunday Times Cosmo Landesman (******** with EVERY review he writes) discarded the actual narative, but fell back on the old Burtons was gothic better because it was gothic cliché and 9/11 analogies (a lot of which he needlessly crowbars in).

I'm told another review complained that the Batman > Joker > Dent car chase was ripped off The Matrix Reloaded.

I'm all for opposing opinions, and I only read reviews to be curious, but how some people would miss the entire points of the film in front of them at the expense of forcing in their own art house connotations to tiny sentences is beyond belief.

Same here in Portugal. critics just miss the point that a smashing box office blockbuster could in fact be real good and oscar buzz worthy. Some critics just cant acept a superhero film can be a good film. Other critics are stuck in the "burton made the best superhero/batman films ever" theory. Go figure... Some critics just says that the sucess of TDK is marketing alone. And ignores that this movie is making cinema history by his own. Everything is perfect: marketing, script, actors, action, efects, score, and most of all the direction of Nolan.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

yea some critics just **** on it to make a name for themselves. "well everyone else likes it but if i say i dont like it i will get more attention"

 

[Kaleb]

Here is a review of the film by South Africa's top ( well only) film Critic Barry Ronge

Main Review

“The Dark Knight “is almost three hours long but I believe that most people will hardly notice its epic length. The film is so precisely executed and so vividly staged that most viewers will happily commit to its power-backed pace as they marvel at two of the most startling performances of the year. Christian Bale plays Batman, a complex figure who has committed himself to creating and preserving a safe, moral culture in Gotham City. His arch-enemy is the Joker (Heath Ledger) who is conscienceless sadist who thoroughly enjoys the evil deeds that he commits. Nothing you have seen in previous “Batman” films can prepare you for the dazzling power and wicked energy with which Nolan invests the film. He has updated Gotham City from the shadowy Art Deco metropolis of the comics, to a busy, flashy, modern city,



The script sizzles with clever lines. For example, when the Joker is talking about the time his father slashed his son’s face, ripping open his cheeks so that he was left with a hideous permanent grimace, he ends the account by saying “What does not kill you, makes you stranger”. Another line that resonated for me was when the dubious lawyer Harvey Dent says to Batman: "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain." He voices the key motif of the film. Good and evil are not static unchanging, states of being. Human beings are fallible, quite capable of doing the wrong thing for the right reason, or vice versa. It’s about human fallibility and although the Joker dominates the situation, the evolution of Harvey Dent and his final, radical transformation, is the keynote of the film. Everyone is weak, everyone can falter, everyone can fail, and that’s why the world needs Batman, although even he is a man who, living a double life, must engage in some degree of deception. To sustain that kind of theme and the level of verbal wit in a massive CGI action movie takes some doing, but the performances are strong enough to keep the film rooted in the spite of the Batman legend.



There is no doubt that Heath Ledger steal this show. He expresses such a vivid, broad sinister energy that you cannot take your eyes of him. In his crumpled clothes, and his smeared and grotesque make-up, he is evil incarnate as he spits out his lethally funny wisecracks. It’s an all-or-nothing performance, full of perverse glee and genuine menace. If there is the posthumous Oscar nomination about which everyone is buzzing, and if Ledger does win it, it will be on the basis of his talent and not just out of sentiment. He deserves the accolade. Christian Bale is equally impressive and his performance is complex, with a touch of Hamlet-like uncertainty about his motives and Aaron Eckhart brings a fine presence to his role. The rest are pretty musch extras. Michael Caine is, as always, impeccable as the butler Alfred, but he is a token presence. Maggie Gyllenhaal has little to do and people like Eric Roberts are there as a makeweight, which, perhaps he film does not need.



The plot is dense and complex and because the film is so long, it feels pretty demanding. You have to keep track because in one interesting plot twist is that the Joker orchestrates dozens of criminals, who go on a crime rampage dressed as Batman. He wants to force Batman to reveal his true identity. They are not just attacking the man, they want to expose his all-important secret because they want to pollute his image. That theme of identity and preserving a sense of self is at the core of the film but surrounding it is dazzling display of exciting objects. Batman has acquired a load of the coolest new weapons and gimmicks which he uses with flair and wit. All the familiar char-cases, airborne battles, and nail-biting rescues are in place but what gives the film its interest value is the way it explores the alter-ego issue of hero and villain. If you love the spectacle, you will love the movie, but if you see it again, you’ll see how neatly that dangerous, ambivalent embrace of hero and villain truly is.


The Bottom Line

It’s a long tortuous, complex saga, one of the most radical screen restatements of the “Batman” legend so far but it is about as a good as any movie could expect to be. It’s dominated by the amazing performance of Heath Ledger, but this is no “one-trick pony”.
“Batman” is back with a power and reach that will keep this franchise running until well into the next decade.

http://www.ratherronge.co.za/html/sub_content.aspx?reviewid=1083

 

[The Joker]

It's gone down to 94% on RT: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/

 

[JL Unlimited]

^^^

I think it's a mistake. That critic gave it a "B" but it's rated on his site as a 2/4. His review is mostly positive so I think RT will change it.

 

[Twin723]

^^^

I think it's a mistake. That critic gave it a "B" but it's rated on his site as a 2/4. His review is mostly positive so I think RT will change it.

I hope so. I want it to stay at 95%!

 

[jackjack924]

The Sunday Times Cosmo Landesman (******** with EVERY review he writes) discarded the actual narative, but fell back on the old Burtons was gothic better because it was gothic cliché and 9/11 analogies (a lot of which he needlessly crowbars in).

Wait...w..what? Burton's movies had 9/11 analogies? What?

 

[nolan's roll'n]

Wow Jett is full of s***.

 

[nolan's roll'n]

OPINION: THE DARK KNIGHT SUCKS!
Author: Jett
Sunday, July 27, 2008

"How many times...have I seen...THE DARK KNIGHT?"
*mouths* "Eight."
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought it was “All THAT” and everything when I first saw it. And sure, it’s making tons of money from people all over the world flocking to see it. BUT…
My subsequent viewings of this movie have led me to one irrefutable conclusion: THE DARK KNIGHT sucks.
That’s right, it’s crap and an embarrassment of a “Batman” film.
“How can you say that Jett,” I know you are probably asking yourself. We’ll let me spell it out for y’all.
The Joker doesn’t wear makeup, he’s "permawhite." He fell into a vat of chemicals and came out with white skin, green hair, and red lips. That didn’t happen in TDK, therefore, that ain't “The Joker.”
Plus, Heath Ledger’s nose wasn’t near long enough for The Joker -- The real Joker has a big-ass nose, you know? And a Jay Leno-ish chin. And he’s like “hasn't ate in a week” skinny.
Chris Nolan wants to pass this off to us as The Joker? Please!
And when it comes to this so-called “Batman.” Ha!
What’s up with this “black armor” crap? Everyone knows that Batman wears tights. He goes out and kicks the hell out of criminals wearing a leotard dammit!
And where are the dadgum outside-the-suit underpants?! If Christian Bale ain’t wearing blue -- not black -- underpants on the outside of his tights, then he ain’t Batman!
Harvey Dent/Two Face sucked!
Where’s the crazy half and half suit? Two Face MUST have a suit that’s goofy and all crazy on one side, and be a regular business suit on the other! And why wasn’t his face perfectly split right down the middle? That’s how it is in the comics and that’s the way is HAS to be!
And his coin! It HAS to be clean on one side, and all scratched up on the other? Burnt? WTF is up with THAT?! And he should’ve been flipping in constantly. Just flipping it like a nervous twitch!
Plus, why didn’t Nolan make him all schizo and everything? He should have ALWAYS referred to himself as “we.” That’s just wrong!
Gotham City sucked too.
I didn’t see one damn gargoyle -- NOT A ONE! Gotham is FULL of Gargoyles, right?! Since there weren’t no damn gargoyles and all other types of macabre and weird stuff, that sure as hell wasn’t Gotham!
Gotham should be all night, all the time. Like INSOMNIA, but in reverse, you know what I'm saying?
Why isn’t Jim Gordon smoking a pipe constantly?
Why isn’t Alfred bald and sporting a mustache?
No black goo?!
And where the HELL is Aunt Harriet?
STOP!
Do I sound unreasonable? Perhaps a little silly? Like I'm off in the head?
Good!
If and when we are privileged to get another Batman film helmed by Chris Nolan and his great team, perhaps one can reserve judgment, refrain from nitpicking, and be willing to give “Team Nolan” the benefit of the doubt…
UNTIL ONE SEES THE DAMN FILM!
So, did we learn a lesson? Based on history, probably not.

 

[nolan's roll'n]

Jett is lying f***. First he grades and rates TDK an A+, now he says Nolan's TDK sucks.

 

[hegele]

I think its a joke...

 

[nolan's roll'n]

I think its a joke...

I think not. Reread that article and tell me again it was a joke.