h. ledger(?) was great, he captured the essence of the character ( joker), too a tee, the little quirks that a complete whacko would exhibit.The rest of the movie paled in comparison to his performance , just a little bit too long, and to many continues from scenes that could have been the end of the movie. Like I refered to , too bad Heath is no longer w/ us ,I would have liked to have seen more of the joker. " NOW, LETS SEE YOU SMILE ".