Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: The Dark Knight inowanzonzi ndeimwe yemafirimu makuru emhare akamboitwa. Pawebhusaiti yekuongorora Rotten Tomatoes, The Dark Knight ine chiyero chekubvumidzwa che94%, zvichibva pane 332 ongororo, iine avhareji mamakisi e8.5/10. Nzvimbo yacho inotsoropodza kubvumirana inoti, "Rima, rakaoma uye risingakanganwiki, The Dark Knight rinobudirira kwete chete sefirimu rinonakidza remabhuku enyambo, asi senhoroondo yematsotsi inonakidza zvikuru". Metacritic, iyo inopa chiyero chakajairika zvichibva pakuongororwa kubva kuvatsoropodzi vepamusoro, yakaverenga avhareji mamakisi e84 kubva pa100, zvichibva pavatongi makumi matatu nevapfumbamwe, zvichiratidza "kuzivikanwa kwepasirese". Ongororo dzeCinemaScore dzakataura kuti avhareji yevashanyi vemafirimu vakapa firimu iri "A" pachiyero cheA + kusvika kuF; vateereri vakatsauka zvishoma varume nevakuru. Roger Ebert weChicago Sun-Times, achipa nyeredzi ina kubva pane ina, akarondedzera The Dark Knight se "firimu rinotyisa rinodarika mavambo aro uye rinova dambudziko rinotyisa". Akarumbidza kuita, kutungamira, uye kunyora, achiti firimu "rinotsanangudzazve mikana yemafirimu emabhuku enyambo". Ebert akataura kuti "kuita kwakakosha" kwaHeath Ledger; akafungisisa kana aizove mutambi wekutanga akahwina mubairo weOscar mushure mekufa kwaPeter Finch muna 1976. Mubairo weOscar wakapiwa kuna mushakabvu Ledger. Peter Travers weRolling Stone akanyora kuti firimu iri rakadzama kupfuura rakapfuura, ne "deft" script iyo inoramba kuongorora Joker neyakakurumbira psychology, pachinzvimbo chekukwevera muoni mukati nekuongororwa kwepfungwa dzaBruce Wayne. Travers akarumbidza vatambi vose, achiti mumwe nomumwe anounza "'A' game" yake kufirimu. Anoti Bale "anokurudzira", achiyeuchidza Al Pacino muThe Godfather Part II, kuti kuratidzwa kwaEckhart kwaHarvey Dent "kunofadza zvikuru", uye kuti Oldman "ane unyanzvi zvokuti anoita kuti kunaka kunakidze saJim Gordon". Travers anoti Ledger anoendesa Joker kure nokurondedzerwa kwaJack Nicholson kunzvimbo ine rima zvikuru, uye anoratidza kutsigira kwake mushandirapamwe upi noupi unobvira kuva...  Mubvunzo: chii chakanga chiri kutaura kwaDavid pamusoro pokuita kwaBales?
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