I am normally a skeptic when it comes to believing that movies live up to the hype. In fact I have not had one yet. Till July 18th... If you can get past the fan boys dressed in their batman apparel you will be very pleased to find one of the best performances in recent years. As not to give away the movie lets just say that it has your typical action scenes with explosions and one-liners. But this is not the highlight of the film. Heath Ledger's performance was absolutely out-standing. He is the best villain since Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs. He was the movie and everyone else were his supporting cast. I am not just saying this because of the tragedy. If he were alive today he would be the most sought out actor hands down. In one word he starts one of his best scenes, a simple "Hi" that had my guts wrenching. Best movie this year by far. Do not miss this one.