A well written script should have surprises that, on their revelation, seem inevitable given the circumstances. This was the case in the second installment of the new Batman series, which will happily wash away any memories of Schumacher’s, and even Burton’s, tedious and superficial visions. Ledger shined brilliantly in his penultimate role, doing justice to a Joker relishing an ideological deadlock with his moral opposite. Also satisfying are the circumstances which surround Harvey Dent, in which he, Bruce Wayne and Rachel Dawes, are forced to make choices with terrible and inevitable consequences. Unlike that Spiderman bullshit. Yeah, I said it.

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