Growing up and watching the batman movies, my favorite used to be the second one, "Batman Returns" with Catwoman and the Penguin. Not only did the Dark Knight change that, it also showed what acting talents the entire cast had especially Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Christian is undoubtadly the BEST Batman there has ever been and Heath put a phenonminal spin on the Joker. Both Harvey Dent and the Joker leave room for their characters to return but I dont know how they would ever replace or duplicate the performance that Heath gave to that role. This was a great movie, true to the comic, and it re-ignited my love for the Batman series.