Why so serious???

Politics is interesting. So is nation’s foreign policy. Nuclear Act is confusing. So is 123 agreement. Hyde act is indecipherable, even to Americans.They are bringing down the government, markets are crashing everyday,and blah blah is happening all around.But all this can never beat the interest a movie like “The Dark Knight” generates. I have been waiting for this movie since 2005's part unconventional/part classy superhero flick “Batman Begins”. Nolan has constantly improved since his “All time great” MEMENTO, coming up with Insomnia, Batman Begins and The Prestige. All showed how much he has improved as a story teller.

So the big question is this, Is this sequel to Batman Begins good or even better ?(Godfather and Terminator are the only two examples I can give). The answer is YES in Bold Arial black, font 20. And that’s an achievement in itself. It would be an understatement to say this is the best superhero flick ever, and not even a bit exaggeration to declare, it deserves to be among the best movies (at least in top 10) ever, in any kind, form or language of cinema. It breaks all norms of typical superhero flick, the moment JOKER (arguably one of the finest performances by any actor, especially potraying a dark cynical character, only behind may be Hannibal Lector or Alex DeLarge) appears on screen.

But still all these can’t make it that great to be even named in the same breath with the likes of Godfather or Shaw shank redemption or Pulp fiction. What really makes it special is mind blowing performances from all the three leads, Christian Bale as Batman, Late Heath Ledger as The Joker, and Aaron Eckhart as The Two Face, excellent script, tight screenplay, awesome action scenes and most importantly stunning cinematography. And how could you forget the all important MUSIC. Just hear out the background score giving each and every scene an epic tone.

I won’t reveal the plot, and you might probably ask which Superhero flick ever had a substantial plot. But this one really has. Even I would go to an extent saying this story is one of the darkest and pretty complex plot in the recent times even though running time is 2 Hrs 38 Minutes. Still not once, you feel like letting your sight off the screen to stare at a pretty girl sitting anywhere around you. And hats off to director Christopher Nolan for this brilliant piece of cinema. These are the movies for which you could/should spend 250 odd bucks, take a leave from the office, bunk the classes, cancel the date, skip breakfast/lunch, and I bet you'll still come out happy, happier then..... it depends and story ends.