Going out in style

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2012)

The death of Heath Ledger was a terrible thing but if you were to go out at a young age as an actor at least he went out with a bang. He crafts a character with the Joker on a completely different plateau then any actor to ever play the role before. There's been tons of actors to play the Joker previously to him, most notably Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton's 1989 version of Batman. But all of their performances were too comic book like and not a realistic portrayal of a character.
Christian Bale brings another strong performance as Batman/Bruce Wayne. The rest of the cast is quite stellar also. Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Katie Holmes in her role and doesn't miss a beat.
This movie probably went ahead of Memento as Christopher Nolan's best work so far in his career.