Batman is the hero in the comic but the joker played by heath ledger was the real hero who saved this movie. If you are a heath ledger fan this is one of his best if not best roles he did in his highly awarded career. This movie 2hr and 47min long was only good with the joker in the scene which was about half the movie. Then the other half had you wishing that the joker was in the scene because without him it made you want to fall asleep. Bale as batman a poor choice and two face not a very good job but scary at first. So go see it for heath and you will try to talk like him when the movie is over it happens to everyone.