Possibly because for the last two-and-a-half hours it’s been on the floor. All thanks to the new Batman movie.

So yeah, it’s totally recommended. In fact, get your tickets now if you haven’t yet, because the blockbuster of this summer has arrived. From the opening scene, this is an intense, thought-provoking thrill ride of a movie. I’m not kidding when I say that I spent half the movie with my jaw on the floor, and normally I’m not that kind of movie person.

Everyone who’s seen the movie so far talks about how wonderful Heath Ledger’s joker is, and I have to say first-hand that the Oscar-buzz is accurate. His performance as the Joker was amazingly spooky, and really hit home that the Joker is an all-out, nothing to lose, insane anarchistic guy who lives off chaos.

And what chaos. The plot takes twists and turns all throughout, fast-paced and exciting, gutwrenching and heartbreaking (and sometimes gruesome). It does all this smoothly; nothing felt out-of-place or forced.

Aside from Ledger, the whole cast was brilliantly cast and performed flawlessly. Between Gary Oldman’s role as the only good cop in Gotham City and Aaron Eckhart’s brilliant, heartbreaking role as Harvey Dent… I don’t know who I liked more. The supporting cast (Michael Cane, Morgan Freeman) were also amazing.

There’s not a lot of bad I can say about this movie. In fact, there’s only one thing… whoever did the makeup for the Mayor should be shot. Seriously, he was wearing more mascara than a drag-queen, and it really took some of the impact out of the ‘oh so serious’ scenes he was in.

Aside from that, go see Dark Knight on Friday. You will love it.