The Dark Knight: Four Star Rating

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I agree with Roger Ebert's review on the “The Dark Knight”. The only thing I don’t agree with is the four star rating. This is because the movie had phenomenal acting, beautiful visual and special effects and an incredible script that was written by the director himself Christopher Nolan. This is why I don’t agree with the 4 star rating. In my opinion it should be 5. Throughout the review Roger talks about Heath Ledger does a great Job playing the Joker and telling his side of things. Roger says “The key performance in the movie is by the late Heath Ledger, as the Joker.” This is also true because if the villain, especially a big one like the Joker wasn’t played as good as it was in this movie, it would be an entire different movie. Another

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