Farewell Heath Ledger, And Holy $#!T.

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2008)

The Dark Knight has been the most hyped up movie in a VERY long time. And so many people were saying the movie was amazing, so I had enormous expectations going into the theatre. WHOA! It even still far exceeded my very high expectations!!! This is easily the greatest film of the last 10 years, maybe 20. And hands down the BEST Batman movie ever made. Christian Bale was again terrific as Bruce Wayne, Aaron Eckhart was great as Harvey Dent, and Maggie Gyllenhaal was even better than Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes. Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman were all excellent once again. Who am I forgetting? I know I'm forgetting someone...hhmmm, who the hell could I possibly be forgetting... OH YEAH! Heath F***'n Ledger. WOW! Ledger's performance as The Joker is possibly the greatest job of acting I've ever seen in ANY movie. That's right. Truly astonishing.
The movie follows Bruce Wayne (Bale), and Lt. David Gordon (Oldman), who have teamed up with new DA Harvey Hent (Eckhart). The three men fight for justice against a wild new criminal known only as "The Joker" (Ledger). While The Jokers crimes become deadlier and deadlier, the city of Gotham spirals into chaos, and panic, and there seems to be no way of stopping him!
The main message behind the story is about how people act when things get ugly. It's about order and control vs. anarchy and chaos. About good vs. evil. About Hero vs. villain. Batman and The Joker complete one another. If one existed without the other, this movie would have no reason, no plot, no nothing. And that's exactly what "The Dark Knight" is about.
Overall this movie is impossible to forget and will go down in history as one of the very greatest. It is most unfortunate that Heath Ledger died shortly after the movie was filmed. He truly went out with a bang! If he'd died after Brokeback Mountain I would've felt so bad. He would always be remembered as the queer who almost gave Jake Gyllenhaal a ******. But instead, he will always be remembered as "THE JOKER", and there could be no greater honor. Heath Ledger has cemented The Jokers place as one of the most notorious movie villains of all time!!!