I honestly cannot wait for The Dark Knight to get released. And these reviews aren’t helping! Rolling Stone called said the film “brings pop escapism whisper-close to enduring art”, while Time intrigued me further with comments on Director Christopher Nolan’s “subversive agenda”. I hope this is everything I think it will be.

For one thing, I want Heath Ledger’s Joker to firmly wipe away all traces of Jack Nicholson. For the time, Jack’s Joker was good, but it (and Tim Burton’s whole film) now looks dated and over the top. There’s just so much more to the “real” world that Nolan has placed this version of Batman. And yes, this is a comic book movie, but why can’t a comic book movie bring fantasy within a whisker of our day to day lives? I think this is by far a more positive thing than some would have you believe in Nolan’s Caped Crusader yarns.

With rumours flying around the Heath will get a posthumous Oscar, let’s hope his performance merits it. I’d hate to see him awarded for the tragedy that’s befallen him. That said, some relatively good news comes for his daughter, Matilda Rose, who will likely receive the majority of him $20 million fortune according to Australian state law.