Batman Leaves Us Wanting More Joker

Rating: 7/10 (5 January 2009)

Oh my! This film was so anticipated with so much hype and so much sympathy there is no way it wasn't going to break some kind of record. Should it be any surprise how many nominations and wins Heath Ledger racked up posthumously, the total is still coming in.
It should really go without saying the story here is that we're following Batman in his darkest character portrayal thus far. His nemesis the Joker is the bad guy played by Heath Ledger. We follow the Joker sort of leading Batman by the nose in this movie and we're almost pulled into the Joker's world Ledger does such a wonderful acting job here. There are lots of chases and explosions and action, it is an action movie after all. We are left wanting to see even more of the Joker on screen especially since this was his last role.
This is far and away the best of the Batman films so far. Who knows if the players can walk away from such a money maker, but I suspect they might. There will be more Batman, he's an icon so we know he will return. ***/****.