I'll just say the bold thing first: The Dark Knight is easily the best superhero movie ever made, and the all around best movie I've seen since 2006's The Departed.

The Dark Knight builds upon the rather bleak, realistic depiction of Gotham City started by the first film, Batman Begins. All the old faces return, including Christian Bale as the caped crusader, Gary Oldman as the commissioner, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman. The one, very odd, change in cast is Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes as Batman/Harvey Dent's love interest, Rachel.

But, it's the newcomers, Aaron Eckheart, and even more so, Heath Ledger that steal the show. Eckheart's depiction of the tragic Harvey Dent is great, and when it comes to the rather monotonous behavior of the other good guys, Eckheart shines as portraying a very nuanced character. Ledger, on the other hand, gives a legendary performance as The Joker. He easily steals every scene he's in, and makes sure that Jack Nicholson's got nothin' on him. Seriously, this is a portrayal of a villain up there with Anthony Hopkin's Hannibal Lector, and Denzel Washington's Alonzo Harris.

The plot centers on the arrival of The Joker, a harbinger of chaos in Gotham. The Joker quickly turns Gotham into a warzone, and it's up to Harvey Dent to save the day. Wait. What about Batman? Batman is not as present as Dent or The Joker in this film, one could say he's not quite the main character, but Batman has some tough choices to make throughout the course of the film that really give depth, and a set of imperfections to your standard comic book hero.

Christopher Nolan's directing really brings this setup to life. It has a strikingly real feeling for a comic book film, and not one bit of it seems entirely too unbelievable.

To put it simply, The Dark Knight pwns to the bones, seeing it on IMAX last night almost melted my face off. This movie is boss, and it's ratcheted up to the next level thanks to Christopher Nolan's directing, and Heath Ledger's incredible last performance.

10/10

Batman. Was. Awesome.

Heath Ledger. Was. A. Boss.

That. Is. All. For. Now.

Full. Review. Tomorrow.

Making. It. My. First. Movie. Review. On. This. Blog.

I. Quite. Enjoy. Putting. Periods. After. Every. Word.

So if you look back at my passed few blogs, I think the majority of them are centered on music, and music games. That was the slow transition into what I want my blog to become. I love music (almost all kinds except for pop, and such crap), and now with Guitar Hero, Rock Revolution, Wii Music, and Rock Band, music games are a bigger genre than ever. My reasoning for doing this is because it's common that you'll see a blog about someone expressing their love of MGS4, or their hatred of E3 '08, so I want my blog to be a place where you fellow Gamespotters can stop off to read something unique. Of course, I'll write blog reviews from time to time, I'll definitely make a best of blog series at the end of the year, and blog about general gaming and otherwise when I feel it's important (you may find a bloggy relating to a certain movie coming out tomorrow over the weekend)

Anyways, I've thought out a few blog series, and we'll see how it goes.

So in a few days I'm going to write a blog about what I would pitch if I were to make Guitar Hero 5.