My Favorite Movie

I have many favorite movies, and it is hard to choose just one. I'll always have a warm spot in my heart for Cool Runnings and Miracle, but I will write about the Dark Knight. I remember before it came out, many people discredited Christopher Nolan's new Batman series because it was based on a comic book. With the release of the first movie, most of the critics could no longer discount Nolan's ability to create a dramatic movie based on Batman. I could not wait to see the Dark Knight when it came out. many people wondered what the Joker's role would be because of Heath Ledger's mental illness and death after he played that character. His performance was stunning, and it is easy to see how he could get lost in the mania of the character. In order to portray the Joker that way, he had to throw himself into the mind of a madman, and he never recovered. Besides Heath Ledger's performance, I also enjoyed some of the subtle humor, mostly from Alfred. He frequently cracked wise with Bruce Wayne in order to humble him. Another aspect that I enjoyed was theme of power and its ability to corrupt. Harvey Dent begins the movie as the White Knight of Gotham, but throughout the movie, he is destroyed by his responsibility to the city. The pressure reveals some of his flaws, and he eventually cracks once his love is taken away from him, transforming him into the monster Two Face.