The Dark Knight is here, and it couldn't be better.

I have been anticipating The Dark Knight since the end of Batman Begins where it foreshadows that The Joker would be the main antagonist in the sequel. Dark Knight builds off of what Begins started with it's darker and more mature feel to the Batman world. Director Christopher Nolan once again shows his great directing and bright vision with Dark Knight, and it surpasses expectations on just about every level.

Dark Knight takes place immediately after the events of Batman Begins. Batman has continued to lock up criminals and limit the chaos in Gotham City. New District Attorney Harvey Dent and partner Rachel Dawes continue to pursue to lock up people involved in the mob. However, now with The Joker in town, he pursues Harvey Dent and Batman, hoping to reveal Batman's true identity to the people of Gotham. Along side the help of Jim Gordon, Batman and Harvey Dent hope to lock up the psychotic Joker and stop his continuous robberies and murders.

Dark Knight accomplishes everything it sets out to : once again giving the Batman universe a very dark and mature feel to it. Some of the scenes could be so graphic if shown, that it would warrant a 'R' rating for theaters. Of course all of the hype behind Dark Knight is from the death of Heath Ledger, who plays The Joker. While some people may think people are being sympathetic towards Ledger by saying his performance is legendary and he deserves an Oscar, they aren't doing the slightest. Ledger's performance is simply astounding and he captures the essence of the psychotic and schizophrenic Joker perfectly.

The action in Dark Knight is what really makes you sit on the front of your seat for the entire 2 hours and 40 or so minutes that this movie lasts. The movie is also extremely suspenseful, and you never know when the movie is going to throw a huge twist or turn at you. Dark Knight is really about morals and whether the heroes will rise or whether scum and villainy will take control of the world. For example The Joker captures ordinary and high class citizens on one boat, and a bunch of criminals/convicts in another boat. The Joker says if they don't decide which boat to blow up, that in an hour both boats will be detonated. This is part of The Joker's maniacal plan and his idea of burning society and it's morals to the ground.The music is also extremely well done and it has some very memorable tunes in it.

Probably my favorite thing about Dark Knight is the fact that Nolan perfectly applied this to a real world situation. The Joker isn't straight out of a comic book; he's portrayed as a real world criminal that could really exist. Also, Batman isn't unstoppable like a typical super hero: he's human and he has limits. Also the movie doesn't exactly have a happy ending and the good guys don't always win, which makes the film seem a lot more realistic.


After the horrendous failure of the 90's Batman movies and having Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Carey play the villains of Batman, it seemed that the caped crusader was doomed forever. But when Nolan took head charge of the Batman series; things immediately changed. The series wasn't cheesy and comic-booky; it was a real world interpretation of Batman. It was also very mature and had a very dark tone to it. Nolan brought hope to Batman fans everywhere with the great film Batman Begins, and now with Dark Knight he has just reassured us that Batman is here, and he's here to stay. Anyone that likes Batman a little or just enjoys action movies, you have to see this, there is absolutely no reason to skip out on this fantastic film. Now fans play the waiting game and wait for the 3rd installment in this fantastic series. This one is easy; A 5 out of 5.

RIP Heath Ledger - You went out on top, you'll always be missed.

WALL-E is the epitomy of what movies are all about.

Pixar has always been reliable for creating movies with great characters, great stories, and lastly, sending out a great message. Personally I wasn't enamored with Finding Nemo or Cars, so I wasn't sure WALL-E would be my thing, and that maybe Pixar's magic was wearing off on me; I was wrong. WALL-E is what movies are really about; a story that conveys it's message without having to force it on you, it creates great characters that feel alive, and provides great entertainment while making it seem effortless.

WALL-E is a sci-fi love story set about 800 years in the future. Humans have left Earth because it is uninhabitable from all of the pollution and trash about the planet. They have left units known as WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth-Class) to clean the planet by taking gobs of garbage and forming them into small cubes of trash to make the planet more organized. WALL-E was for some reason not shut off when humans shut off all WALL-E units, so he has been forming trash cubes on Earth for hundreds of years. EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) is sent to Earth by humans to search for life. WALL-E meets her and instantly falls in love with her. He has been able to gain emotion and feelings by being on Earth for so long, and from collecting random human objects such as Ipods, CDs, Rubix Cubes, etc. EVE goes back into space and WALL-E goes looking for her. (I won't specify much, for people who haven't seen the film.)


The thing I love about WALL-E the most is; it silently conveys how sad our race and our planet has become. WALL-E depicts a world where mile long superstores, buying in bulk, ridiculous technology, and streamlined lives rule people. It shows the path that we are likely to go down if we don't do anything about our problems. In WALL-E, people are extremely overweight, lazy, and rely on technology to do everything. People are so lazy in WALL-E, that they have lost most of their bone mass as a race, because of them always sitting down and being carried around by a car-like recliner. There are tons of messages being conveyed in WALL-E, that some are hard to find, since there are so many.

Some may be turned off by WALL-E since it's technically a "Kid's movie", but it really is for everyone, and most of the messages and some humor is targeted towards teenagers and adults, ironically. It really is an amazing movie that will be recognized and remembered for a long time. Pixar has made such unbelievable strides in CGI from the early days of Toy Story, and WALL-E visually is nothing short of fantastic.

WALL-E is for everyone: It conveys great messages that really make you wonder and think, it has great humor for everyone, it visually looks great, and overall it's a great love story. WALL-E ends on a bittersweet tone, and a little confusing. Although the ending could have used some revising, overall, it doesn't take away from the shear genius, that is WALL-E. I recommend WALL-E to anyone that wants to see a great movie; Pixar has done it again, folks. Keep the great movies coming, Pixar, because this one is easily one for the ages. WALL-E gets a 5 out of 5.