Stefan Sgarioto (sesran)

I am still in awe of this movie, and probably will be for some time to come. Not only is it better than BATMAN BEGINS and has become the best comic-book-turned-movie ever! It also is now one of the best movies out there - period. From the moment it started to way after it finished, i was hooked (and I'm not a huge fan of batman). My only concern leading up to the release of TDK was the amount of hype it had around Heath Ledger and the fact that he died, and had most likely given cinema the best performance he would ever give. So as we know, hypes only good when it works, and too much hype pretty much kills any chance on becoming anything more than enjoyable. It's not the case here! Heath Ledger's performance was simply unreal. There's nothing else that can be said. It's sad though, that he isn't around to accept and hear the praise that the world is giving him for the performance that undoubtedly he will be remembered for, forever. Now, onto the rest of the cast; even though Christian Bale is of course the leading man, it seems every scene where he is with Ledger, he doesn't stand a chance of being noticed (and thats not saying he's bad- he's actually very good.). And even though it hurts me to say this, i'd go as far as saying that this movie is not a BATMAN film, rather this movie belongs to the joker in its entirety. Onto Maggie Gyllenhaal (who replaced Katie Holmes).... I've never really liked her, but i've never hated her. And if we're being honest, i still would have rathered to see Katie return for the role, but I'll admit Maggie did the role just as good... And yes, i actually quite like her now. Onto the Snr members of the group - Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. These guys bloody rock, they never disappoint, no matter what they do. And they didn't change here, the only thing that could have been better, was actually given them more screen time (in Freeman and Caine's case anyway) I'll also add that Aaron Eckhart was actually one of my favourite things about this film. He did one hell of a job. Christopher Nolan has, without a doubt done it again, but only bigger and better. He had taken BATMAN BEGINS (which i still think is fantastic) but perfected everything to give us TDK. Well after the film had ended all that was running through my head was the thought that we had just witnessed one of the most truely captivating films of our time, and it while it is only a comic-book film in the end, it will be a long time before we see something that can do better. So obviously ,If you haven't already you really must see it.

I don't know why it took me so long to watch this movie. So glad i finally watched it. The writing is excellent and Pitt and Norton performances are fantastic. I don't often rate movies 5 stars, but this definitely deserves it!