Great nonstandard comic hero movie.

Rating: 9/10 (24 September 2008)

I got tired of Spider Man and The Hulk, glad to finally see a more interesting and 'realistic' plot to a movie where the bad guy is actually bad. I think they did an awesome job on the Joker. It wouldn't be him without Heath Ledger, but I think that it was a 50/50 thing between the script and the guy saying the lines. ...And I LOVE Joker's magic trick involving the pen. Best moment of the movie. It really showed the Joker's distorted sense of humor. Gotham City was really well done, amazing CGI effects, locations, etc. The mood of the setting always gave a gloomy and vast appearance while the citizens would be those little lights of hope. Only complaint is that Batman should have used a couple of new gadgets, perhaps a tiny bit more action though it would take out a bit from the 'realism'.