I have been a Batman fan since the tender age of 6 or 7 when I used to watch re-runs of the Adam West series. I enjoted Michael Keaton as Batman. Val Kilmer's and George Clooney's movies were fun reminders of the old tv show. Then I saw batman Begins. THIS was the Batman I knew from years of collecting the comics. This was the definitive movie Batman. I had been following production of The Dark Knight since they began casting. I was hesitant, at first, to hear of Heath Ledger as the Joker. But, the more I read, the more i wanted to see it. I was not disappointed. The Dark Knight, by far, is the best comic-book movie I have seen in my lifetime. The story was solid. The actors knew their roles. Batman and the Joker were so brilliantly handled by Bale and Ledger that I swore I was in the comic book universe. All I can say is. "Wow!" The Dark Knight might even get an Oscar nomination and show that a comic-book film has the chops to rock the Academy.