One of the Absolute Greatest Films i've EVER seen!

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2008)

AT 12:00 am on July 18th in my local movie theater, I saw what may possibly be(at least in my opinion) to be one of the greatest movies ever made, "The Dark Knight". I know, I know i'm just another person drooling over a super hero on the big screen and you think in a few weeks or months i'll forget all about this film, but no thats not it at all.
What I experienced in those two and a half hours, sitting in my seat, just gazing at the big screen, was probably the best movie experience i've ever had(next to probably my first time seeing 'The Godfather'). When I tell you that this isn't your ordinary "superhero movie", this isn't your quintessential big budget, high grossing, star studded action/adventure movie, I mean it. This is art, this is poetry, this is cinema. This is how movies should be made, this is how movies used to be made(aside from the special effects and CGI of course).
Let me cut as much to the chase as I can, Heath Ledger gives what I consider, one of the better supporting performances in the last twenty years. ACtually, scratch that, OF ALL TIME! Ledger was absolutely captivating as the Joker and(no offense to Jack Nicholson, he's one of my favorite actors) kicks the crap out of Nicholson's performance twenty years earlier. Ledger without a doubt, not out of sympathy at all but out of pure talent, deserves the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Another awesome performance which will probably go unnoticed is Gary Oldman's for playing LT. Gordon. Oldman is a very good and very underrated actor(also one of my favorites). Christian Bale is amazing once again as Batman.Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Maggie Gylenhal all give excellent supporting performance as well.
While this film may or may not entice you to go see it, while most people might consider it "just another superhero movie", take it from someone who's seen thousands of films, old and new, this is one of the greatest movies i've ever seen.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. AN ABSOLUTE MUST SEE! 11/10