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Updated Feb 20, 2026
Updated Feb 20, 2026
Ryan Coogler says the first movie he ever saw in IMAX was The Dark Knight (2008) “I saw it opening night at 4 a.m… I don’t know if any other films in IMAX have ever made me feel the way Christopher Nolan made me feel.”
The ending of The Dark Knight (2008) hits on another level. Hans Zimmer’s score builds with that relentless, rising tension as Gordon calls him the hero Gotham deserves, and it turns Batman into pure myth. Chills every single time.
17 years ago on this day, Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for "The Dark Knight" (2008), one year after he passed away at only 28 years old Heath Ledger remains one of cinema's most luminous talents, a performer who possessed the rare ability to completely disappear into every Show more