When you see the trailers, you are left asking yourself, "will this movie live up to the hype?" and I was thinking "will this movie be as good, as they are making it look, or will we be left thinking this is all about Heath Ledger's death?" Let me be the first to tell you...you will be blown away. From the opening scene, I was on the edge of my seat. This is the ultimate adult escape from reality. Anyone who is a fan of the Batman comic book series Dark Knight, know that this Batman is not that of the TV show, the Saturday morning cartoon....and this is NOT a sequel to the Michael Keaton lead version. Though both series show a more dark and tortured Batman, this one is sinister. You feel the impending doom in the Dark Knight. Translation: This is NOT a movie for kids. Heath Ledger;s Joker laugh and lip licking will give you nightmares. And then there's 2-Face, a very weak sub-plot to this movie, but considering how strong the movie is overall, Aaron Eckhart did a great job. Though his charater was not as tortured or torturing as Batman or Joker (respectively). One word of warning, the make-up on 2-Face will turn your stomache.