The Greatest Batman Ever Made

Rating: 9/10 (18 July 2008)

When everybody said this was going to be the best movie ever made...they meant what they said. I don't think that I have EVER watched a movie that can live up to what this Batman movie has given us. Christian Bale gives another fantastic performance as Batman, Gary Oldman was spot-on as Gordon and Aaron Eckhart gave a surprisingly good performance as Harvey Dent. But I must say that in my honest opinion....Heath Ledger as The Joker STOLE every scene that he was in. I must say that he was absolutely brilliant. In the first scene where he has a major role, everybody in the theater erupted into applause when it was over..and every other time after that. The guy gave us an automatic Oscar-worthy performance. I was so pleased to see that his work turned out the way it did because of how everybody had pre-hyped it up just because of the fact that he is dead and this is his last complete performance...but it wouldn't have mattered if he was alive today, everybody that leaves there theater will be impressed with how good of a job he did. But when you take all of the amazing work The Joker did, the action was great, pacing was good, cinematography was awesome, and the actors just fit their parts really well and gave us a superb performance. Just a little warning that the movie is VERY close to 3 hours so make sure you have some free time when you go to see it!