I finally caught The Dark Knight over the weekend. I loved Heath Ledger, he was really awesome and scary as The Joker. I did find the film overlong and the plot was not engaging, what plot there was. I loathed Christian Bale's Batman voice and I am fairly sure this was discussed when the film was new.
I can see how the film was supposed to be dark, but the cinematography was also so dark it seemed murky. Maybe that was better in the theater.
In any case, it was well worth seeing for Ledger and the Rachel character did not die soon enough.
