This movie easily makes it to the Top 10 of Movies of this Decade... the performance of Heath Ledger is not an overstatement or sympathetic posthumous recognition -- he is so real in his performance you cringe, laugh, get afraid, get horrified... basically you go through every spectrum of emotion during each scene that he is involved. Although the remaining characters are duller and pale in his comparison, he lights up the scene with each entry and unexpected turn. Definite MUST SEE --- and talk about one of the best stunts ever filmed -- the truck chasing scene.... WOW!
This movie is for every lover and non-lover of super-heroes because it is realistic, humanistic, and is a classic case of how good v evil does not necessarily have to end in a cliche, overused happy ending.
My theater clapped a loud and deafening roar at the end - and it was well deserved.