Possibly the greatest movie i've ever seen!

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2008)

Well where do i begin! I've been excited about seeing this film since seeing the trailer back towards the start of the year and being a big fan of the batman movies my expectations were extremely high. I went to see the film the weekend it came to cinemas and was worried it wouldn't live up to my expectations nor the hype surrounding it. But wow! i never expected it to ever be as good as it was. The story was outstanding and for a batman film actually quite complicated there were a lot of twists and turns and you never knew what was coming next. As with the acting it was phenomenal best performances being from Micheal Caine , Aaron Eckart , Garry Oldman and of course Heath Ledger who played what in my opinion was not only the best on screen villain of all time but quite possibly the best role in a film ever. This combined with some amazing memorable scenes and in parts this film is hilarious mostly delivered from Bale and Ledger and the occasional tip of the hat from freeman!. Although there was a tremendous amount of big names in here it was done brilliantly giving them all decent time in the film. And although the film ran at roughly 2 and a half hours you never wanted it to end for one second. Action fans need not worry as there are some out of this world action scenes and although this film isn't a full on action movie when the ball starts rolling it really makes up for it. I feel like no matter how much i write i could never sum up this film in full i had to see it twice! and it only got better with time. Heath has to win an Oscar for this and to be honest this film deserves a few in other areas. And watch out for the ending! wow even had people in tears throughout the cinema has got to be one of the most powerful endings ever. For me the best thing about the film was the story itself pure genius the concepts and ideas and some of the most memorable and well thought out lines and scenes ever. This film appeals in my opinion to anyone and everyone from young children all the way upto older folks and you don't necessarily have to be a big batman fan to enjoy this gem. Watch out with the kids though as this a very dark film and has scenes and ideas which may frighten younger children *****