The Dark Knight
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker. From TMDB
325 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 40 | 13 | 198 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| TMDB reviews * | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 0 | 8 |
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Viewers widely praise Heath Ledger's Joker performance as extraordinary and unforgettable. [1][2][3] Many consider the film a masterpiece that transcends the superhero genre. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize the film as fascist or poorly written. [7][8]
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A sickening, borderline fascist film that is simultaneously dull and harmful. The editing represents that of an anti-pirate commercial and the politics are beyond reprehensible. The film ends with a monologue about how violent law-enforcement and brutality is what the country needs, but does not deserve. Nolan clearly did not intend for any subtext, yet that is not an excuse, if anything, that makes it worse. He …
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The Dark Knight (2008), directed by Christopher Nolan, isn’t just another superhero film—it’s a gripping piece of cinema that balances action, emotion, and a deep exploration of morality and chaos. It’s the kind of movie that lingers with you, not because of its spectacle, but because of the questions it asks and the unforgettable performances it delivers. Chief among those is Heath Ledger’s Joker, a portrayal that …
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This has no competition. It is the very finest comic-book character movie ever made. Knowing the Burton, Donner and Nolan filmic adaptations of Batman and Superman exist helps me to sleep at night. They are Exhibit A of 'How to Make a Comic-Book Movie'. Nothing else has ever come even remotely close. These seven films (I include 'Superman II' because it was mostly Donner's work)--and Nolan's trilogy especially--are …
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Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is a masterclass in storytelling, tension, and character depth. Anchored by Heath Ledger's haunting and unforgettable performance as the Joker, the film transcends the superhero genre to become a gripping crime thriller. Christian Bale returns as a conflicted Bruce Wayne, navigating the moral complexities of justice in a city on the brink of chaos. With a tight script, stunning …
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Heath Ledger is outstanding in this follow up to the 2006 "Batman Begins" outing for the caped crusader. His portrayal of the malevolent "Joker' is confident and highly entertaining, treading a fine line between supreme intellect and total insanity with considerable aplomb. He comes back to terrorise "Gotham" after "Batman" (Christian Bale), "Gordon" (Gary Oldman) - now Commissioner in charge of the police force, …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The Dark Knight received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 94% approval rating from the aggregated reviews of 339 critics. The consensus reads: "Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100 based on 41 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Several publications called The Dark Knight the best comic-book hero adaptation ever made. Roger Ebert said that it, alongside Iron Man, had redefined the potential of superhero…
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60 of 325 · most liked firstThe film beat Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” to become his most successful global opening.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has become Christopher Nolan's highest grossing movie of all time at $1.1 billion. Surpassing ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’.
neutral · AI labelView post →'Superman' crosses $550M at the global box office 💰 Excluding the COVID year (2020), it will likely become the first DC movie since 'The Dark Knight' (2008) to finish as the year’s highest-grossing comic book film
neutral · AI labelView post →My friend Mallory Rubin asked me to join her and the great Joanna Robinson on House of R to talk about THE DARK KNIGHT. Prob the first podcast to ever discuss this film. youtu.be/JTWTd73tFMw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryan Coogler says the first movie he ever saw in IMAX was 'The Dark Knight' 🦇 "I saw it opening night at 4AM ... I don't know if any other films in IMAX have made me feel like Christopher Nolan made me feel"
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Batman Day. People call Batman ‘66 silly but let’s remember that Christopher Nolan ends The Dark Knight Rises with a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Leonardo DiCaprio says his favorite Christopher Nolan film is ‘The Dark Knight’ 🦇🃏 (via Collider)
neutral · AI labelView post →This has been such a wild year, most of us barely remember half of what's happened. Like it was just a few months ago the script for an unmade fourth Nolan Batman movie leaked called The Dark Knight Fucks. And nobody even talks about it now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “The Dark Knight” (2008), directed by Christopher Nolan
neutral · AI labelView post →Emily Wilson is mad at Christopher Nolan for the wrong thing his biggest crime is *showing* Bruce Wayne in the cafe scene at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, the movie should have ended on a slightly-ambiguous note with Alfred looking up in recognition but us not seeing what he was reacting to
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite one of these that I’m sure I’ve talked about before was at a Blockbuster back in the UK some guy was ranting to the clerk about The Dark Knight and how “they ruined the movie” (it hadn’t come out yet) because “they’re changing the ending since Heath Ledger died and now the Joker dies!”
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Batman Day. People call Batman ‘66 silly but let’s remember that Christopher Nolan ends The Dark Knight Rises with a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Thought: I used to blame The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight movie for a lot of trappings both superhero mediums fell under. But maturing is realizing they're not to blame. It's the higher ups or wannabes trying capture the same magic who's to blame.
neutral · AI labelView post →Elon Musk's influence: enough to defy regulation and prosecution, topple governments, and usher in the end of liberal multiracial democracy, not enough to stop people from seeing a movie "FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DARK KNIGHT"
neutral · AI labelView post →Ring really invented this technology from the Dark Knight, ignored all of the messages from the movie about why it’s a bad idea, and then made a Super Bowl ad about it. Truly incredible marketing self own.
neutral · AI labelView post →The iconic "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" hit the big screen on this day (Dec. 25) in 1993! A must watch for fans, and arguably the best Batman film ever,dive into crusader's past and discover how finding happiness nearly changed everything for The Dark Knight! #BatmanTAS #Batman
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan. >Recently, while traipsing from showroom to showroom in search of a used car for my growing clan, the iconic line from Christopher Nolan’s seminal Batman movie The Dark Knight came to mind: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” And by villain, of course, I mean an SUV driver. >Because, if you haven’t shopped for a secondhand family car recently, I’ll save you the shock:…
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw The Dark Knight in the theater for the first time ever and...you guys will never get me to stop loving this movie I'm sorry. Nor will I ever be in your camp holding up The Batman over this. This movie fuuuuuuuccccckksssss.
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah, what TDKR was actually warning against was demagoguery, which turned out to be pretty right, especially after 2016. The far left also thinks The Dark Knight is pro-Patriot Act, which is dumb if you actually watch the movie. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dA9E...
neutral · AI labelView post →What is the best Batman Movie, and why is The Dark Knight the only right answer?
positive · AI labelView post →Because listen. Even if this person had been right and they changed the ending and Joker died in that movie? It would have still been The Dark Knight.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DARK KNIGHT was released 17 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great superhero movies and the film that cemented Christopher Nolan as the event moviemaker of his generation, the making of story will either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain… 1/46
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DARK KNIGHT was released 18 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great superhero movies and the film that cemented Christopher Nolan as the event moviemaker of his generation, the making of story will either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain… 1/46
neutral · AI labelView post →Superman (July 11) Probably the first time since The Dark Knight Rises (2012) that I've felt like seeing a superhero movie in theater. (some spaceships too)
neutral · AI labelView post →I kind of wanted to show off my redesign of selina kyle from the the Dark Knight comic/animated movie patreon.com/Goddessofcup... ko-fi.com/callmecupcake
neutral · AI labelView post →Written by Frank Miller, the comics genius whose run on Daredevil and two Batman limited series, “The Dark Knight Returns” and “Year One,” revolutionized the genre. His talents did not readily translate to film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight (Film / DVD: 2008)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw The Dark Knight again. Heath Ledger elevated the whole film. Without him, the movie is good, but his outstanding performance is why I'm up late watching it so many years later.
positive · AI labelView post →We were watching the old '66 Batman series and in the very first episode with Joker he's wearing this mask at an opera. Then we noticed you start to see it everywhere. It's mask Joker uses The Dark Knight. It's in a box of stuff Harley roots through in the animated movie Batman Assault on Arkham.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna watch The Dark Knight Rises instead of doomposting. It’s traditionally my least favorite Nolan movie, but, there are certain resonant elements that seem interesting today
neutral · AI labelView post →Wearing my flowiest sundress to see The Odyssey so everyone knows I’m there in a “bisexual woman who loves Greek mythology so much she got a pomegranate tattoo” way and not in a “white man who’s favorite film was once The Dark Knight” kind of way
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like I am going actually crazy after a random conversation, so I want to ask: Do you think the movie The Dark Knight endorsed mass surveillance and/or domestic spying?
neutral · AI labelView post →It's true! The Dark Knight is the most technically well made Batman film we're ever going to get and it doesn't have a single coherent theme.
negative · AI labelView post →I love the one movie synergy thing from The Dark Knight Rises movie into comics was giving Bane the coat
neutral · AI labelView post →@jamesgunn.bsky.social’s Superman is the best DC movie since The Dark Knight. It’s up there with the best MCU movies. I highly recommend you see it!
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't recommend this hidden gem enough. A gritty, realistic take on the Batman mythos that is sure to wow the audience. Heath Ledger's Joker was a highlight. Simply put, The Dark Knight (2008) is a must see for fans of film.
positive · AI labelView post →I will also die on the hill that The Dark Knight is quite possibly the most overrated film of all fucking time.
negative · AI labelView post →I've always liked The Dark Knight Rises (2012) because my brain has thoughtfully edited out the parts that are not the sharp, tight Catwoman movie with Anne Hathaway.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight is to film what GOT was to TV- a plot that starts out solid, ends up kinda meh and is held together and elevated by some truly incredible performances, none of which came from the people actually expected to carry the production.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's speculation this image comes from the Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. But... 🚫 We couldn’t find a matching scene in the film. 💻 We know it was created or edited using Google AI tools.
neutral · AI labelView post →Two brilliant sequels... Two huge critical & commercials hits... Two Oscar winners... OTD: Two action epics premiered 22 years apart. 7/18/1986: James Cameron's ALIENS. Sigourney Weaver redefines action hero. 7/18/2008: Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT. Heath Ledger becomes legend. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight is an early example of a superhero film. It’s “early” because I can’t be bothered to see anything made before it.
negative · AI labelView post →Movie: The Dark Knight Language: Portuguese Country: Brazil Rest in peace Ettore Zuim (1960 - 2026) 🕯
neutral · AI labelView post →Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey reportedly has a $250 million budget which would match the most expensive film of his career: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. Starring Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises. Audiences weren't exactly keen to have it happen at all after Ledger's death, and Nolan made that film like he was assigned homework at a family funeral, but you can see flashes of the cool and good trilogy capper that actually stuck the landing
neutral · AI labelView post →*after watching Batman Begins* That was a great film, except for the Batman voice, but I'm sure they'll fix that in the sequel. *after watching The Dark Knight* Wow! That voice was even more awkward this time, but I think I'm used to it. *after watching The Dark Knight Rises* Oh, fuck you!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises i think i fucking hate this movie
negative · AI labelView post →What Nolan really has is a keen sense of timing: 'The Dark Knight Rises' during Occupy Wall Street, 'Dunkirk' amid Brexit, and now a film about hyper-masculine ancient Greeks that I'm sure in no way taps into the imagery of today’s far right.
neutral · AI labelView post →TIL that CHRISTOPHER LEE and CHRISTIAN BALE play in one or my childhood movies WTF 😱😍. Born and raised in Sweden during the 90's and early 2000's, naturally I watched it a couple of times in Swedish \(*Mio, min Mio*\). Going through a bag of VHSs that I bought at a flee market to check which are playable/watchable and which are garbage, I suddenly noticed their names. I'm so shocked - because I have so much respect for Sir Lee as an actor, voice actor and audio book reader *and* because I…
neutral · AI labelView post →happy Batman Day! I’m watching the Dark Knight and the worst Batman movie girlfriend hands down has to be Rachel Dawes. Maggie Gyllenhaal is terrible in this movie lol. you’re no Chase Meridian, lady!
negative · AI labelView post →Two brilliant sequels... Two huge critical & commercials hits... Two Oscar winners... OTD: Two action epics premiered 22 years apart. 7/18/1986: James Cameron's ALIENS. Sigourney Weaver redefines action hero. 7/18/2008: Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT. Heath Ledger becomes legend. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →In the penultimate scene in the 2008 Christopher Nolan film Batman: The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) builds technology to turn every cell phone in Gotham into a surveillance device.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tom Holland when asked which Christopher Nolan film would be Peter Parker’s favorite: “It would either be ‘Inception,’ ‘Interstellar’ or ‘The Dark Knight’ … I think it would be really interesting to watch a superhero watch a superhero movie.” (via rachelsmithvegas | IG)
neutral · AI labelView post →I have watched exactly one porn parody in my life: it was the porn parody of The Dark Knight Rises, which was released before The Dark Knight Rises was so they had no idea what the actual movie plot would be and had to make a bunch of guesses. It is one of the strangest things I've ever seen
neutral · AI labelView post →Especially weird because, as a character native to ongoing sequential storytelling, Batman is arguably much more suited to television than film. The Dark Knight was able to tell a good Joker story because it was structured very episodically, with multiple escalating plots.
positive · AI labelView post →it was, according to Nolan, a Batman movie as old school adventure epic. great movie, and in retrospect was probably as influential as The Dark Knight.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight (2008) Christopher Nolan's seminal superhero movie was released on this day 18 years ago. Here's a scene analysis of the Batmobile chase, the film's central action showpiece 🦇🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema moremovies.co.uk/batmobile-ch...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd also forgotten how amazing The Dark Knight is. Hard to think there'll ever be a better film based on comics...
positive · AI labelView post →Watched The Dark Knight again, still such a good film. Literally a million things happen in it, insane
positive · AI labelView post →I felt that they were the most definitive Batman movies we'll get for a while. I don't think it was fair for people to uphold Dark Knight Rises against the Dark Knight, because the bar was already set high. It was all a nice breath of fresh air to have a series of movies that didn't play up to a lot of fan service like the MCU did. To this day though, I really don't like how growling Batman got when he spoke. What was up with that? Give him a freaking cough drop.
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