In a long time there hasn’t been a movie that has so struck me- on the frailities of the human mind such as this one.
When joker says ,”Give them the choice – these same civilised people will eat each other”
he isn’t kidding.  

Almost everyone among the cast pulls it off with aplomb. Even the ones who appear for just a
scene or 2 are very convincing. Hail ! Christopher Nolan .
One look at this cast and you would have to try hard to miss this – Michael Caine, Morgan
Freeman, Christian Bale, MaggieGyllenhall, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart.

I would say it belongs to the Drama genre as much as it is an action flick. At places the
movie is so fast – u really have to read between lines to find the bad guys from the good !

In certain scenes you just wish,from deep down – that the joker’s evaluation of the human
mind’s weakness is wrong, but the joker wins in the end. He succeeds in dousing Gotham’s
very soul.

I was forced to revisit a dialog from a trend setting hit of the past – The Omen – as i can
recall -
“Man will be turned against Man. Brothers will fight brothers”. If it was Satan there, it
was the joker here.
What a role for Heath Ledger, who’s lived his role. Honestly & rather shamefully i admit to have never heard that name
before this movie. Brokeback Mountain
was in distant memory – but hadn’t watched that.
If ever a posthumous Oscar was to be awarded – this guy deserves it.
You know he is good at his role – from the hatred you reserve just for the joker.
He is that ideal vector of chaos.
The Dark Knight proceeds to tell you about Harvey Dent’s transformation into – Harvey Two
Face.

There is this drift that has come into the superhero movie genre- of this human disposition
of super heroes.
That as a human – they hold the right to go astray,be jealous,feel greed, be corruptible,be
vulnerable.
Spiderman-3 told you so.
But this goes the extra mile.

People can be a victim of situations.
Its when they are given choices and they get the cushion that – “Noone will ever know !” that they err.
Because for man doesn’t fear himself – he fears for his reputation & image.
A misplaced sense of self- righteousnes.
Joker capitalises on this very weakness of the mind.

Brilliantly directed by Christopher Nolan. The film would stand out for some exceptional
acting by the lead be it Gordon,Harvey, or Bruce Wayne [aka Batman].
And for how chaos can still so easily creep into the mind’s core and strike you where you
are softest.

There are just so many lines of the joker that i loved. Here is one -
” Madness ,as you know is like gravity -
All it takes, is a little push “
I have watched it 4 times and counting…in the last 2 days.

Because Batman is not just a hero,

he’s a silent guardian,

a watchful protector -

he is the dArk kniGht !

[ I just couldn't resist posting this one ]