This is how comic book movies SHOULD BE MADEEE!!! Prepare to be wowed!!! :D

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2012)

I saw this completely for the first time since I saw it at the theater 4 years ago (I don't know HOW I COULD'VE LIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT SEEING THIS MASTERPIECEEE!!!!), and I hadn't realized how COMPLETELY AWESOME this film is! I absolutely loved it!!
The story follows Batman where we left him at the end of ''Batman Begins'' (released in 2005), trying to still cope with the death of his parents and having to face his most infamous enemy: The Joker. The story here is CENTRAL to the movie and is EVERYWHERE. But it is also very emotional, epic and, sometimes, it even has some deeper, philosophical meaning to it.
Even though BB was pretty dark and totally different from past Bat movies, this one goes even DARKERR!!! It makes the villains a lot more realistic that Ra's in BB, which was basically a ninja. Here, The Joker is just an ordinary crazy guy, who (like Alfred quotes at some point in the movie) ''just wants to watch the world burn.''
The acting here is what sells the movie, in my opinion. I mean, Michael Caine as Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, and of course Heath Ledger as Joker, all deserve special mentions, as they all deliver AWESOME ROLES! I mean, seriously, The Joker is so scary and disturbing in this, but at the same time we know why he does this, as Nolan delves deeply in both the psychology of Joker and Batman. Ledger delivers the performance of his career in this (R.I.P, Heath! You WILL BE MISSEDD!! :'(), he's absolutely BRILLIANT, as is the rest of the cast (including Bale as Batman, whose only gripe I have with his acting is the stupid voice he makes when he puts on the suit. It's so cartoonish and distracting >_
Special effects and editing are really good here, with the former is even more satisfactorily showcased if you watch the film on Bluray, which makes everything look absolutely GORGEOUS!! Every airborne shot in this is epic.
Also, the music is also something which enhances the experience in a truly remarkable way. The main theme here is so awesome and overall the music in this (composed by known composer Hans Zimmer) just makes the movie all the more exciting and emotional when it needs to be.
Overall, this movie is a must-see for any Bat-fan, superhero movie or comic book fan out there. The acting, story, music, etc... everything is just so perfectly balanced to create an even better and ''epicker'' (I know I've said the word ''epic'' in pretty much every paragraph in this review, but cut me some slack, I love this movie!! xDDD) film than it's already superb predecessor.