The Joker

I admit, I was skeptical when I heard Heath Ledger had been cast as The Joker in The Dark Knight. To be honest, I wasn't all that enamored with Christian Bale's portrayal of Batman in Batman Begins (as talented an actor as I think he is). To take my unpopular opinion even further, I thought the movie was a downer and it bored me. And Michael Caine was a terrible Alfred.

I liked Michael Keaton as Batman and he was even more awesome as Bruce Wayne ( Jack Nicholson as The Joker was just Jack Nicholson in a crazy costume).

So I really didn't have high hopes for The Dark Knight, in spite of all the hype. But maybe I was a bit hasty in my dismissal of Ledger if the new creepy pictures popping up on the Internet are any indication.