I was wrong, his acting is amazing. It is mind blowing to think this is the same guy from Brokeback Mountain or Knights Tale. People laughed and gasped at his actions/dialogue and it seemed to evoke much more of a response than other actors. I found myself wanting more of him and waiting for his next scene.

Its just sad we won’t get to see a repeat performance from Ledger and also I am not sure how anyone can come close to a Joker character again.

It isn’t the greatest film ever made, but it is the best superhero film ever made. There are tiny flaws, but not many at all. The hype surrounding Heath Ledger’s performance turned out to be true; he was slimy, creepy, funny (in a very scary way), and overall pure evil. I love how Batman stopped the Joker’s fall near the end, too. That was such a good ending, as it wasn’t the generic superhero movie villain death, when you look at films like the Spiderman films (good movies, save for the 3rd, but it must’ve been written in the contract for just about every villain to die).

Aaron Eckhart was brilliant as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. While there might not have been much to support the transformation (though I didn’t have a problem with it), it was nothing at all like the treatment Venom got in Spiderman 3. Also, Gary Oldman is fantastic as James Gordon, and Michael Caine is a brilliant Alfred.

As for Christian Bale, he was great. Even with great performances from Heath and the rest, this was still very much his movie. I may be in the minority, but I LOVED his Batman voice this time around. It was much deeper and smoother than it was in Batman Begins, and was much more intimidating. It wasn’t hard to see why so many criminals feared Batman. Also, I’m glad they fleshed him out as a detective as well.

I’d just like to say I don’t think it will be possible for Nolan to top this. What the public expects in a sequel of this kind of franchise is for it to be a whole lot bigger and better than its predecessor. I’d love to see another, but I can only hope Nolan continues his great work to make an even more expansive sequel.

Even without all the praise here, the obvious best actor performance was from Ledger. It makes me so sad to think of his death. He would have had a wonderful career, because he was an amazingly gifted actor. I don’t believe anyone could have played a better Joker.

Now it’s time to go see it again.

btw, I find that the new Batsuit looks MUCH better in the actual film than it does in stills or even in the trailers. I was very happy with it.

Heath Ledger was fantastic! His screen presence was overwhelming. He did so great that I even forgot that he had died for a while. It’s a shame he didn’t live to see his great performance. He was very unpredictable, and my heart skipped a beat every time he appeared on screen.

While his performance is being overshadowed by Heath’s, Aaron Eckhart was a brilliant Harvey Dent. And when he became Two-Face, boy was that some great acting. While Two-Face is probably my 2nd favorite Batman villain (after Joker), I can understand how he died. I mean, Harvey/Two-Face was always a really tragic character. Some scenes of Two-Face in this film really reminded me of Batman: the animated series.

Gary Oldman, once again, is just wonderful as James Gordon. I mean, he looks the part, sounds the part, and acts the part. I was really happy when it turned out he was still alive. He also reminds me of Commissioner Gordon from the 90s cartoon.

Maggie Gyllenhaal did a far better job as Rachel Dawes than Katie Holmes did. She had better chemistry with the rest of the actors, and it was actually pretty heartbreaking when she died.

One other thing I have to say is that Nolan did much better with the fight scenes this time around. The camera wasn’t zooming all over the place, and I could actually see what was happening. Even then, Batman seemed like a phantom or something.

Overall, by far the best movie I’ve seen so far this year (Wall-E comes second), best superhero movie ever made (and I didn’t even think Batman Begins was the best), and best film I’ve seen in a while. This should definitely be nominated for Best Picture next year.

It did strike me fummy that they’d use such a well known actor for such as small roll. Unless he (like sam jackson in star wars) requested a roll in the movie.

or perhaps someone on the production staff of TDK said, “hey do you know who i could imagine in this roll? william fichtner. He looks like the kinda guy that’d bring a bazooka to work.”

or maybe you’re right..

That said, damn if the Dark Knight wasn’t the greatest comicbook movie.

Also, some one commented that they didn’t get how the Joker new which street the armoured cars were going to take to have his men on it. He new where the armoured cars were going, he set up a road block on the safe street (a burning firetruck- what agreat joke! Actually, there were alot of great visual gags I think soem viewers have missed) and then its pretty easy to guess what alternative route a convoy is going to take.

Also they said they didn’t get how Bats had access to everyone’s phones… remeber the forensic accoutnant discovered someone had diverted R&D money to a telecomunications contract, and Fox asked Bruce about it, but Bruce din’t want to tell him what it was about? That was what he did with the money. So many little hints and payoffs… everyone I know always accuses me of talking to fast and being easiyl distracted… and this was finally a movie that had enough in it to keep me interested the whole way through!

I give this movie a full-on-erection. Oh wait, is this the Hustler Magazine Movie Blog?

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I would like to see a Nolan-esque take on Catwoman, however the Riddler sounds like a nice choice. Although it could be too similar to Joker if portrayed as a psycho of sorts.

While I think Cateoman would be an interesting villain, I do not think Lucious’ cat comment is anything more than one of his many witty retorts.
I believe it was here on /film that the writers were quoted as disliking catwoman and penguin as the future villains. This could very well be to mislead us but I suspect that’s not the case.

That said I think the next story will inclde Mr Reese if not as a potential riddler then as a target. The entire city of Gotham knows that Mr Reese knows Batman’s identity. He is now the most wanted man in the city short of Batman himself.

I thought I was making things up when I heard that Catwoman reference. Maybe Nolan is dropping a hint there?

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