Bale = garbage, Ledger = the entire movie

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2008)

Even from Batman Begins, Christian Bale has made Batman significantly less cool. The phony voice he puts on makes him incoherent most of the time, and takes from the intimidation that Batman is supposed to have on the criminals he deals with. Ledger on the other hand, completely outdid himself as the Joker. I used to think that Jack Nicholson couldn't be topped, but Heath brought this true psychopathic quality to the character that made him seem less like a comic book character and more like a twisted terrorist, doing it all just for kicks. I can't even describe how well he transformed himself into the perfect psychotic mass murderer, with no regard for anything, just the fact that he had the power to manipulate fear and leave no one out of its reach. The Nolans did an incredible job with the script, making me forget totally that I was watching a superhero movie, as no one character was safe from the madness that overtook Gotham so completely.