Going crazy waiting to talk to someone about this movie!

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2008)

OK, I went into this movie expecting it to be great, just like some of the other films I've seen this summer were great. But it wasn't great. It was so POWERFUL that I've been going online for the last two days reading reviews on it because no one else I know has seen it and I have to share this experience somehow. It was so dark and disturbing without being "Seven" that I find myself haunted by some of the things that happened in the film. When I saw it at the noon showing on Friday, the pact theater kind of chuckled at some of Heath Ledger's early lines and actions. Soon, like REAL soon, the entire theater was got DEAD QUIET every time he was on screen. And it wasn't because they were bored, because I was quiet too, like he was THAT intense! Don't get me wrong, Aaran Eckhart was just as good as Heath was but he wasn't creeping me out most of the time. If anything, he made me feel safe, even more than Batman did. I wanted to vote for him, for ANY office. I believed in Harvey Dent. I keep wanting to hold onto Michael Keaton as my favorite Batman. But I can't anymore. Christian Bale found himself surrounded by incredible actors, hidden behind a mask half the time and he still managed to keep from getting buried. This was a Batman film. I keep seeing reviews where people complain about Christian Bale's voice as Batman but I liked it because it made sense (as did everything else in this movie). It gives him a sense of instability that he needs if he's going to try to intimidate people who aren't easily intimidated. Not to mention, it keeps people from figuring out he's Bruce Wayne. I think comic book movies are okay, but they always feel like comic book movies, like the hero will save the day and probably by some improbable act. This didn't feel like that. Everything in this movie seemed frighteningly real. Like REAL! A lot of the reviews I read say this is the best comic book movie ever. But I say it's a sweep at the Academy Awards. Now if only some of my friends would hurry up and see it!