This film is worth going to see just for Heath Ledger. (and im not just saying it because he is dead. It is because he is a fantastic actor)

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2008)

Firstly, a note to those who don't understand how votes work on IMDb
The reason The Dark Knight has reached the No#1 spot, is because those who REALLY enjoyed it, and are part of the IMDb community, have watched it, raced home, and given it a 10. This happened with Lord of the Rings. People who vote often come into 3 categories, the first being active audiences who loved it so much, they want to vote and review the moment they leave the cinema, run home, go on IMDb and give it a 9/10. Then there are those in the active audience that hated it, and want to do the same, but giving it 1/2 out of 10. However, with a film of this stature, its not often that people hate it. They either love it, or thought it was average. So at the moment, we have a large portion of people who loved it, and voted. The final category is those passive audience members, who go to see a film for entertainment, then forget about it, or see it on TV some years later. These people wont vote for months or years yet, and when they do they will probably have gotten past the initial hype, and give it a more appropriate score, from 7 to 9. With Lord of the Rings, it was No#1 for some time, till over time, it received more average votes and made its way down to a more suitable position (somewhere in the top twenty). This will no doubt, happen with the dark knight.
SO ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO THINK YOU ARE BEING OUTRAGEOUS AND CLEVER BY SUGGESTING THAT THE FILM IS ONLY HYPED DUE TO LEDGERS DEATH AND ARE COMPLAINING THAT IT HAS SUCH A HIGH SCORE ON HERE SHOULD SHUT UP.
I was, for a time, taken in by those people who think its only going to be hyped due to Ledger, and its insane giving him an Oscar etc.
Then I went to see the film.
I know this isn't much a review, but then neither are the ones that focus on the fact that 'surely Mr Ledger wasn't THAT good?' who may not even of seen the film, but feel the need to put in their two cents about the hype.
I highly recommend this to anyone.
My only criticism of it, is at times it feels like it was cut short, even though its 3 hours-ish, it feels like a lot of it was left on the cutting room floor. With some very quick and only just understandable scenes holding parts of the story together.
They may well bring out an extended edition anyway, that being the trend these days.
Aside from that it was superb and having only been vaguely impressed by Heath Ledger in the past, this changed my mind completely. He is on form throughout, intense and dark. Its worth going to see just for him.
This is too long, everyone will be put off reading it. thanks for those who did. hope you enjoyed it as well.