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The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [Blu-ray]

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Binding : Blu-ray
EAN : 7321900176576
Label : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Release date : 2008-12-08
Title : The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [Blu-ray]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 12 years and over
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 2
Region code : 0
Running time : 152
Studio : Warner Home Video
MPN : DKBR

Editorial reviews

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Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts Director: Christopher Nolan

Amazon.co.uk Review
iThe Dark Knight/i arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralysed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role), the longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne.p/ In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil. And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also shine, but as good as Bale is, his character turns out rather bland in comparison (not uncommon for heroes facing more colorful villains). Director/co-writer Christopher Nolan (iMemento/i) follows his critically acclaimed iBatman Begins/i with an even better sequel that sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like iSpider-Man 2/i and iIron Man/i because of its sheer emotional impact and striking sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers here. At 152 minutes, it's a shade too long, and it's much too intense for kids. But for most movie fans--and not just superhero fans--iThe Dark Knight/i is a film for the ages. --iDavid Horiuchi/i

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-06-28 rating:

Awesome Buy
The product has arrived fast and in perfect conditions. The bluray' content is just full of extras and comes with lots of subtitles. The video quality is just one of the best i've seen in bluray (and i have planet earth as the best till now, this becomes 2nd) br / br /I strongly recommend it to the Batman fans

review by: date: 2009-06-27 rating:

amazing
the movie alone is nothing short of excellent, and the video quality on the blu ray is just amazing - definately the best ive ever seen (especially on the imax sequences). br / br /the level of detail in the pictures is incredible, and the change in aspect ratio is seamless and hardly noticeable.

review by: date: 2009-06-24 rating:

WOW!
One of the greatest films of all time br /Stunning in full HD br /Beautifully composed soundtrack br /Brings the best out of your surround sound br / br /Why would you not get this film?

review by: date: 2009-05-31 rating:

As good as it says on the box
Being someone that had found the original Batman movies a bit over the top to say the least I was a bit skeptical about this movie and all the hype that surrounded it. br / br /Wanting to dip my toes into Blu-ray for the first time I chose this title due to its placement on the bestseller list. br / br /In short, this is a highly enjoyable movie from beginning to end and Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker is both unnerving and outstanding at the same time. br / br /What sets this movie apart from the first in the franchise is that the settings and the action are believable and said action doesn't really end until the end of the movie. br / br /The special effects are simply stunning and the film quality on Blu-ray is simply outstanding. br / br /Even if you've given the previous Batman movies a miss, you need to take a look at this movie - you won't regret it.

review by: date: 2009-05-27 rating:

A little bit over hyped because of Heath Ledger tragic death.
The Dark Knight is 2 hours and 33 mins long which I felt was too long for my likely. For some strange reason the movie is filmed in two different widescreen ratios which are 2.4:1 and 1.78:1. This I found to be off putting at times as the picture keeps jumping around to different sizes. If you look at the back of your Blu-ray case under main feature video you will see this to be true. Heath Ledger is crazy and creepy as the Joker and it's very sad that he died because he came across as a nice person in his interviews. Christian Bale for me is the best Batman because he is dark, brooding and the bad guys don't steal show like they did in the older films. Gary Oldmen puts in a fine performance as Lt. Jim Gordon but I do prefer him playing a villain. Aaron Eckhart is Harvey Dent and maybe this was not needed and made the film to long because I felt myself wanting to see more of the Joker tormenting Batmen. The brilliant Morgan Freeman is still working hard and going strong with all the films he has been in this year. The Dark Knight like all new Blu-ray releases has a great picture and like the Joker says why so serious because, this is the most serious Batman film yet maybe a bit too serious for some. br / br /

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