Blew away my expectations **spoilers**

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2009)

I have to tell you, the movie was fantastic. And it wasn't all because of the Joker. I mean, that was a great part, and Heath Ledger took it to a place that I had no idea existed. It seemed very representative of The Joker from the graphic novel "The Killing Joke.", but even more twisted. But I also enjoyed Two-Face; finally coming to life like he's supposed to, as opposed to that technicolor Tommy Lee Jones nightmare that I absolutely hated (Joel Schumaker, please take notes).
To me, the movie wasn't about the Joker at all... it was about Harvey Dent's slow descent into the Two-Face character. Aaron Eckhart deserves some credit for his fantastic work here. The Joker was there to help the plot along, and give some it some depth and complexity. The love triangle, then killing off the girlfriend really gave Harvey a reason to snap and hate Batman and the police.
It was all good... the bad cops, the mob money stolen, going to Hong Kong, the hospital blowing up, the two boats waiting to blow each other up; I was on the edge of my seat for all of it. I can't believe how good it was and how little CGI was used... that's how movies are supposed to be made (George Lucas, please take notes).
It wasn't perfect, and there were small things that got on my nerves, like Christian Bale's scratchy death-metal voice and them "borrowing" Daredevil's radar sense special effect... but, those things did not detract from the movie at all. So, from an old-school comic book geek, it was not only the best comic book movie I have ever seen, it was also one of the best movies I've seen, period... but, that's just me...
Doodle