Beautiful, chilling, and haunting... not words I usually use for a Batman Movie

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2008)

I won't deny, I went to see this today with expectations of it being a great movie. The Batman series has generally been great and this one promised to be so with a fabulous cast. My expectations were blown away, this was an incredible movie. Hands down, my favorite Batman movie and within my top ten favorites of all times. Heath Ledger gave me chills as Joker, I never even thought about that I was watching him, I was merely watching Joker as never seen before. He's the ultimate in villains and will leave you thinking about the pencil trick for a while to come ;). The rest of the cast did excellent too though Joker really did steal the scenes. He's memorizing and terrifying all in one. The movie itself was unreal it was so intense. You had no idea what the next turn was and it had you on the edge of your seat in anticipation. The stunts pulled were incredible and just the whole thing had me reeling. It was far better than I had expected and not just because Heath portrayed an amazing Joker. The whole package was well worth seeing in the theater and I will be adding this to my collection as soon as it comes out. Perhaps even snagging a few as Christmas presents for the family because this movie should be seen by all.