Good but not as good as some say.

Rating: 7/10 (1 August 2008)

Obviously this has been the blockbuster of the year, and for good reason. The amount of press attention has been huge not only because of Heath Ledgers death but also due to the anticipation surrounding this film.
This is a good movie don't get me wrong, a great improvement on the first (Batman Begins) which i believe was a damn awful film. The acting was solid, award winning stuff from both Bale and Ledger, probably Ledger best performance ever, shame we wont get too see more. Unfortunately the acting was let down by the sub-pare performance of Maggie Gyllenhaal. Great understated performance from Oldman, and Eckhart was solid, would liked to of seen more of the two face character but seeing as this was based around The Joker then OK.... I give the film 7 out of 10 because i believe it has been hugely over hyped, for the life of me i don't see why it is the greatest ever movie on IMDb when it really isn't, really it's a run of the mill action movie nothing we haven't seen before.