One Word......ASTONISHING!

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2008)

I went in to this movie with unreal expectations, because of how hyped up it was. And it meet my expectations, and then passed them by.
The directing is great yet again, Chris Nolan has proved once again why he is one of the best directors in the business. This story keeps on the edge of you seat the entire time, it was 2hours and 32mins long, but it doesn't feel that long at all, because once you get sucked into the movie its all pure excitement.
Christian Bale delivers once again as Batman and Bruce Wayne. His action scenes are great, and he uses he resources and his mind phenomenally, to make him a great superhero. Michael Caine is wonderful as Alfred and portrays that character beautifully. Gary Oldman does great job as Lt. Gordon, the cop who is actually trying to help Batman and not bring him down. Maggie Gyllenhal does a great job as Rachel Dawes, the girl Batman wants but can't have. Aaron Eckhart awesome as Harvey Dent the hero the Gotham really needs, and then makes a great transition to Two-Face. The supporting cast is good especially Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. Oh and I almost forgot Heath Ledger as The Joker......Unbelievable! He played this role absolutely PERFECT! The is so freaky as the one criminal who can seem to bring Batman down, and a guy who doesn't do it for the money he just does it because he can. While he was just flat out disturbing at times, he also added some humor to his character as well, making me laugh several different times. He is one the best if not the best villain since Hopkins was Hannibal Lecter! His performance is definitely Oscar worthy!
The storyline is great, with some twists that you don't see coming and overall this was just a fantastic movie! One of the best ever made!