My UNBIASED Opinion

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 2008)

Don't stop reading this after the first sentence. I have an opinion that NEEDS to be voiced.
I've been waiting for film critics to release a review of The Dark Knight that didn't include the words "Rest In Peace"... not that that's bad, but I believe that there is a time and place for something like that- an honest film review is, in my opinion, neither the time nor place.. (And I don't know about you, but when I heard that Ledger's performance was Oscar-worthy, I immediately thought that it was going to be over-hyped)
That being said, Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker was, above everything else, CONVINCING.
Before this year is over, you'll hear words describing Heath's performance as "Brilliant, perfect, unmatched, stellar, chilling, etc." but the reason everyone of those words are true is because Heath Ledger was BELIEVABLE as The Joker.
Sure, everyone else in the movie did a fantastic job, but I just wanted to settle that score for everybody who may think that this movie is being over-hyped because of the death of Heath Ledger.
I think the best example of what I'm trying to say is... If Daniel Day-Lewis died after There Will Be Blood was completed, it would still be a magnificent job of acting. Not because he died and everybody feels the need to commemorate him, but because he did his job well.
The Dark Knight was, in my opinion, Christopher Nolan's best film to date- excluding Memento, but that isn't even fair since it's not even in the same genre as The Dark Knight.
Go see this, I promise you won't be let down.
-Adam