Can one character make a good movie?

Rating: 7/10 (16 September 2008)

I didn't think so before I went to the cinema to watch the dark knight. Since the Joker was Heath Ledgers last part before his tragic death I thought it was a hype just to honor him. I was wrong. Back in 1989 and Tim Burtons Batman I thought Jack Nicholson was excellent. I never expected anyone to beat his appearance as the insane criminal Joker. I was wrong. Ledger is outstanding and he alone saves what otherwise should be a pretty standard comic book superhero movie. Sure, the dark knight has one bad guy too much (Twoface) and the action sequences with the batpod is so-so. But when the joker enters the plot everything gets interesting in a twisted sort of way.
Bale does once again a good part as the dark knight as well as he did in Batman begins. Cain, Freeman is back as well. Gyllenhaal known from "the secretary" replaces Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes.
Now lets hope they are going to film Frank Millers "the dark knight returns"!