The Dark Knight

Superhero films peaked here, and it’s quite safe to say that nothing has ever, or likely will ever come close to the brilliance of The Dark Knight. The most perfect culmination of actors at the top of their game, a plot line fine tuned to flawlessness, all stringed together by a visionary director arguably at his best. Nolan’s works offer such a unique cinematic experience, crafting a sense of rhythm into his films, and this is possibly that sense most heightened. When working with a thriller like this, the ability to crank up those suspense elements to the max creates the highlights of a film so relentless with incredible scenes following the last. The combination of separate plot lines, infusing to deliver masterful sequences of tension. Especially the climax of the film where the Joker sets Batman on his twisted game of saving either Harvey or Rachel, offering not just one of Nolan’s finest pieces of filmmaking, not just one of this century’s finest pieces of filmmaking, but one of the finest pieces of filmmaking of all time. These sequences overarching to deliver The Dark Knight’s perspectives on ideas such as madness, heroism, evil, and chance.