With the exception of the "voice" (you'll know what I mean if you've seen the movie or you'll know right away if you haven't) this was the best Batman of the franchise yet. With all the hype I was skeptical about Heath Ledger's performance being as good as people were saying it would be. But it definitely was as good if not better than I had heard. I didn't even think of him as being Heath Ledger; he was just the Joker, which, for me, is really the number one priority for a good acting performance.