The Dark Knight, Christian Bale as Batman, Heath Ledger as The Joker.

The Dark Knight, the upcoming Batman movie, that is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2008, by the looks of it, it could possibly be the best yet. Batman Begins was light years away from the late 1980's and the 1990's Batman movies, in plot, and in acting. Christian Bale has been the best Batman, period! And now The Dark Knight introduces another familiar foe, The Joker! Playing The Joker, is Heath Ledger, whose life ended too soon. We can expect a great movie, just like Batman Begins, and one of the reasons I will be lining up to see it as soon as it comes out, is Heath Ledger. The trailers we've seen have shown a different Joker, very different from Jack Nicholson's portrayal. This Joker is dirty, or grungy, he's still a psychopathic killer, that still has his demon-like laugh, and has no remorse whatsoever. But this Joker played by Ledger looks to be the best yet. I was amazed at his dark, maniacal, and anarchic appearance. Not to mention his laughter is insanely great! And the face, man, its a whole different take on his face, its now a bit more dirty, almost like a disease! It certainly makes the character shine more. I'm in love with Ledger's portrayal of the Joker, and I have already made his " Why so Serious?!" quote from the movie a quote to be said everyday! Overall, Ledger will most likely outshine Bale in this upcoming movie, not to say that Bale's character is bad, I'm just saying that this is Heath Ledger's best role in a movie, and its sad to know that we don't have such great talent like him any longer. Now Christian Bale, when I saw Batman Begins, I looked at Bale, and said to myself "this man looks like a Bruce Wayne" forget George Clooney, Michael Keaton, or Val Kilmer, Christian Bale was born to play Bruce Wayne. And his acting proved my point, he was the best Bruce Wayne. I always saw the old Batman movies as spoofs, they seemed rather comical, and just like a goof, but with Batman Begins, there is actually a good solid plot, and a well done job by all the actors. Bale made Batman come alive, rather than make him seem like a joke, like the previous attempts. The Dark Knight is going to be one of the best movies of 2008, no question, and its going to open up room for more Batman movies in the future.