Really, really disappointing, and way too long.

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2009)

I guess I missed the warning on the label.
"You must be at least this shallow to enjoy the film." This movie had no depth, although it really, really wants you to think that it does.
Michael Caine was very good in this film. So was Morgan Freeman.
But everything else was just so hollow. Nothing to draw one into the characters.
And then the utter repetitiveness of the whole film. The Joker is a bad guy. The message which was relayed in the opening scene was then repeated again, and again, and again, and...
And yet through all of this, they couldn't manage to put forth a story that was interesting. Nothing at all. Just excuses for special effects.
Not as bad as Spiderman 3, but a really, really overrated film. Heath Ledger acts crazy throughout the film, but in a very, very two dimensional way.
Ironic that a movie featuring a character called the Joker failed to have any laughs in it whatsoever.
The first re-invented film was good. Things happened for a reason. Things happened that were surprising. Editing occurred.
I would rather watch Adam West's Batman, than this. Those stories eventually got to the point.