ah! cool! but... in Batman & Robin, was Alicia Silverstone's Batgirl alterego Barbara Gordon?

That are two weak reasons IMO. But whatever.

I've always loved Bales Batman voice and the bat-sonar was cool.

The good
-The acting across the board. EVERYBODY from Bale to the dude who plays Reese is superb.

-Heath. He gives an unforgettable performance, thats the only word that comes close to fitting him. Its UNSETTLING. DISTURBING. The way laughs, makes pencils dissappear, and says the silliest things but can suddenly switch to a violent, scary monster (his "LOOK AT ME!" to the fake Batman is literally how I imagine a monster would talk). The sceen in which he talks to the cop in his cell and escapes from jail ...give him the ****ing Oscar. His delivey of the ".....Hi...." to Dent in the hospital alone is worth it

-Look and scale was enormous and I loved it. The film shoulda been titled GOTHAM CITY.

-The special effects are spectacular, cgi or real, it all looked REAL and blended together perfectly. Unlike BB, there were no obvious model or cgi shots.

-The story. The fact that it's simply BATMAN vs. JOKER and theres no real plan, just obstavle after obstacle, make the movie very engrossing.

-The writing. Joker at Gambol's is written-for the Joker- like it's for a comedy. Every line is quotable and Ledgers delivery is flawless. From "How about alive?" to "Why so serious" to "try outs"...it's so disturbing but yet....

The Bad
-Just when you started to LIKE and CARE about Rachel she gets blown up. This is more of aomcpliment to the writers, actors, and film makers, but how does Katie Holmes version walk away after taking out the scarecrow while Gyllenhall's is stuck talking into a radio before going kaboom?

-More importantly reguarding that topic, I think it coulda been shot more effectively. They let us know Joker switched the addresses too soon. I think it woulda been better for us to have seen 1 building blow up and see its the one Gordon's at (and assume Dent dead) while Batman disarms the bomb at Rachels building. Batman then stroll in and we find Dent, and we get TEH SHOCKING TWIST!!! RACHELS DEAD!!JOKER SWITCHED EM!!! SUCKS TO BE BATMAN (AGAIN)!!! Batman gets there and sees it Dent and not Rachel and doesnt even seem surprised AT ALL..if any of us were him, the first thing we'd say would be "WTF are YOU doing here?"... but again...Nolan and his overboard on realism....OF COURSE Batman would get there firsr and ruin it for the audience.

-Two face's death[was totally pointless. Period. I hate killing off[ villains, it selfish of the filmmakers to do. That said Batman was totally fine after the fall, but Dent DIED(?) so you never know...

-Bales Batman voice. MY GOD. Though he sounded like a boss when he says "Than you gonna love me" or is screaming at the Joker in his cell ...dude, that final monologue to the Joker. was fucking cringworthy..."THE PEOPLE OF GOTHAMMMMM.....JUST SHOWED YOUUUUUUU....THEY DO BELIEVE....IN GOOOOOOOOD" or whatever. Damn Bale, your acting was great for the most part the voice but enough.NOLAN, KNOW WHEN TO TELL HIM TO TONE IT THE FUCK DOWN!

The Ugly
-Bat-sonar. That was just stupid. The whole "microwave emitter" has gotten old in BEGINS and this one was even stupider. If Batmans such a detective, why do the writers have to make up some stupid machine so he accomplish his mission? There are millions of ways-literally- for Batman to have outsmarted the Joker and discovered his wear about, but...whatever.

-The ending felt rushed. It was hard to tell was going on at first in the Joker's tower, and even all the tension in the world cant stop the final Batman-Gordon-Two face show down from being incredibly anti-climatic - Batman just tackles him off the 3rd story of the building and thats it? Two Face is dead and the movies over?

-Though the action scenes were improved, he still needs a lesson in creativity. I mean come on, the batpod debut wasnt nearly as cool as just about all of us imagined it being and the car chase wasnt as rousing as it looked in the trailers. There is so much potential yet Nolan doesnt really give it a chance breathe.

Still though..the acting is too strong, theres too much emotion and tension, and its damn well made to give anything other than an A though not an A+.

The good a lot better than the bad is bad, but I dont see how someone can say this is perfect. Its best picture wothy in the sense that its the involved Ive felt with character since NCFOM and before that I dont even know, but theres too many leaps of faith (How did Rachel and Batman survive that fall?? for resal please answer this! Or howd the Joker leave the party?)

Fell short of perfection.

Fell short of my #1 of the year.

Fell short of what I wanted, which could've never been met.

But how much short? || that much.

9.8/10 A+

The one thing about this movie... The fact that we will never see a role played with such devotion, such passion and creativity as we did with Heath Ledger's Joker. Absolutely phenomenal. Unparalleled to almost every character I've seen on film. Stunningly brilliant.

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as found the ending to be a bit anticlimatic...

An instant classic. This is a flawless motion picture in every sense of the word - I can't see any other film topping it this year. And Heath Ledger's performance was one of the greatest in the history of cinema. A+

Hyperbole much?

I'm not exaggerating though. The last film I felt this strongly about and really screamed "instant classic" was The Diving Bell and the Butterfly last year.

Well, yes, I would expect you to feel so strongly about films from year to year

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