Whats the best movie to see Batman as the Dark Knight?
Weekly Top 5 – Batman Movies Posted by Benjamin Chalek (ben@rankamovie.com) on November 29, 2006 Welcome to this week’s Top 5 Movies, brought to you by RankAMovie.com Last week was Turkey Week! Hopefully, we all enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving dinner, and are now recovering from lots of good food and friends. As we enter the month of December, the days are shortening and the nights are growing longer and longer. Tree shadows stretch across the fields a bit too early in the day. It may be a good time to watch a dark, eery movie, with a hero lurking in the shadows. Yes, it’s a good time to watch Batman! The playfulness of the comic-book hero can put us into the mood to think about toys and gifts, just in time for the winter holiday season. Below is a list of the top 5 movies about Batman, as ranked by the visitors of RankAMovie. If you would like to add a movie to the list, or cast a vote for the ranking order, visit RankAMovie and make your
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero crime thriller film directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan’s Batman film series and a sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins. Christian Bale reprises the lead role. The film follows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Bale), District Attorney Harvey Dent/Two-Face (Aaron Eckhart), Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Police Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and their struggles and journey in combating the new rising threat of a criminal who goes by the name of the “Joker” (Heath Ledger). Nolan’s inspiration for the film was the Joker’s comic book debut in 1940, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Two-Face’s origin. The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. Nolan used an IMAX camera to film some sequences, including the Joker’s first appearance in the film. On Janu
