"Why So Serious?"...because this film is so seriously excellent

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2008)

I personally have never been a big Batman fan. To me, the costume just looked silly, even though boys around me were huge fans. Now, these movies make me see that Batman is actually an incredible badass character and I may just buy me an action figure now. Okay, beyond that. This is as of right now (and probably for the remainder of the year) the best movie of the year. The movie was just over the top in terms of everything it does. Christian Bale does a solid job as Batman/Bruce Wayne. The sound quality was amazing: I never saw it in Imax but watching it up close in the front row was not so different, even watching it from the back was amazing. Where this movie really shines is when Heath Ledger takes the screen. This may be his final performance, but it is a final commend performance. Mr. Ledger's performance as the Joker is just so chillingly convincing, the breathing, the laugh, and did I mention the laugh? Aaron Eckhart also shined as a man torn apart by his losses.
10/10: The Joker asks us "Why so serious?" And I say because this movie is so seriously excellent, that's why. Best movie of the year, hands down.