For Date Night, Jenny and I went to an afternoon showing of The Dark Knight, the much-hyped new Batman movie by Christopher Nolan. It was AWESOME. For me, among many great elements, the standout was definitely the late Heath Ledger’s amazingly creepy performance as The Joker. I loved Jack Nicholson’s Joker from 1989, but Ledger’s is much darker and adds the nuances, reptilian mannerisms, and icy voice needed to elevate The Joker from a cartoon to a real person. I want to see the movie again just to watch Ledger at his best. I’ll jump on the bandwagon and predict a posthumous Oscar nomination for him, and possibly even a win. He’s that good.