Ok so I know it is kind of old news at this point, but in the wake of one of the best movies I have ever seen I thought I would talk a little bit about some of the aspects that made this movie so mesmerizing.

1. Hardly an CGI: mainstream movies, and especially superhero movies are so saturated with CGI that even things that are real start to look plastic: case and point Superman.

2. Heath Ledger: put on the acting performance of his career. Many people would argue that Brokeback Mountain was better, but the fact that I knew ahead of time, and still could barely tell that he was the Joker is pretty incredible. He’s come a long way since A Knight’s Tale, that’s all I can say.

Top 5 Joker Scenes

1. “I’m going to make this pencil disappear.” Need I say more.
2. Walking away from the exploding hospital in a nurses outfit. Unreal.
3. Hanging his head out the window of the police car, hair blowing in the wind (see above).
4. The scene of him sitting in the jail cell, surrounded by chaos, and he sits perfectly calm on the bench.
5. The scene where is hanging upside down and Christopher Nolan swivels the camera around so it looks like he is right-side-up.

It’s not hard to understand why this movie has been continuously breaking records. If you haven’t already seen it… what the hell are you waiting for?

Post your favorite scenes below!

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