Solid but completely over-hyped

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2010)

This is a solid movie folks, but terribly over-hyped so be ready for it. Excellent directing and a great cast. The one thing I will comment on right away is that the movie was at least 30 minutes too long and they kept putting in silly plot after silly plot with respect to the joker. Mr. Ledger's performance, while certainly solid, was not at all worthy of an Oscar. He had said that the role was so disturbing and troubling that it caused his insomnia, depression etc. If that is the case then he obviously had some serious emotional problems already, because the joker was downright tame from what I was expecting. Jack Nickolson offered up a much better version in 1989.