As soon as the movie begins, the audience is thrown into the action. Nolan really nailed this script down, displaying intelligence, emotion, and intense action in the movie. At first I was somewhat suspicious of the hype, especially around Heath Ledger's characters mainly because I felt critics were saying he did well out of pity for the "situation" not long ago. I was wrong! Heath Ledger was incredible, made the Joker seem ridiculously menacing and twisted, and took control of every scene that he was in. Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart were amazing in their roles as well. My only real problem, and it's not that big of a deal, was Christian Bale's voice when he was Batman. I understand that Batman does some deep voice thing, but Bale sounded like he was talking through his teeth. I couldn't really take him seriously when he talked. Other than that small "problem," the movie was well done.