Good movie but grossly overrated

Rating: 7/10 (8 September 2008)

For a summer superhero movie, this is a great film to watch; however, in terms of greatest movies of all time, it is in no way number 3. It baffles me how some moviegoers could be so dumb. This is a good movie, but people grossly overrated it.

The performances were great especially ledger who in my mind should get an Oscar nomination. - I enjoyed the movies darker grittier feel and I believe Nolan did a good job projecting that feel. - Etc...

However, I believe there are no moments in the film that are really that revolutionary in terms of film making. The plot was not difficult to figure out: introduce the Joker, Batman fights the Joker, captures the Joker but OH NO!!! He tricked us, Batman fights the Joker against tremendous odds and of course wins. The basic plot was well presented though by Nolan who I believe has a very very bright future in Film making.
This movie is very good but does not deserve the place it was awarded, although I think it can fit into a good spot on the top 250 list. But the lack of genre defining moments limit it to be merely a very good yet generic summer movie.
Although I do believe that the Nolan era Batman movies take a giant dump on the previous Batman series which sucked.