"a creature of such ghastly life..."

I loved "The Dark Knight", and this quote from the NY Times review of the film sums it up perfectly, for me:

No matter how cynical you feel about Hollywood, it is hard not to fall for a film that makes room for a shot of the Joker leaning out the window of a stolen police car and laughing into the wind, the city’s colored lights gleaming behind him like jewels. He’s just a clown in black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece.