Better than expected but still overrated

Rating: 8/10 (27 September 2008)

I've never been much of a Batman fan myself, that said this is the first Batman movie I've seen in years. Considering the fact that Heath Ledger was one of the main roles and unfortunately died shortly after the movie was finished, I considered this movie to be very overrated. I am pleased to say I was wrong. Heath Ledger stole the show. Every scene he was in was very well-done. He just seems to capture the image of the Joker very well. Christian Bale was pretty good also, although that deep voice when he's Batman did start to grate on my nerves about 1/2 way through.
This movie was very well-balanced between the action sequences and the story telling. Few movies I've seen do this. I liked this movie and will purchase the DVD release. Like I mentioned before, good movie but still overrated.
P.S. Instead of spending the 20 bucks on the Iron Man DVD, spend it on this instead. Iron Man was good but this is better.