A truly fantastic and engaging movie, "The Dark Knight" lived up to and exceeded the hype, fuss and intense interest that has surrounded it. It's very doubtful that a comic-book film will ever top this, and yet throughout you're not even considering that it's a superhero film; it's that good. The standouts are Bale, Ledger, Eckhart and Oldman, all actors at the top of their game and all proving that even a movie about a rich man fighting crime in a batsuit can be a masterclass in filmmaking, plot, action and performance.