A Good Movie, Not an All-Time Great!

Rating: 6/10 (2 August 2008)

I saw the movie a few weeks after the hype had disappeared a bit. I went with a friend who loves action flicks and 'Superhero' genre movies. We also waited as he was unable to see the movie early because our little town does not have good equipment and we wanted the 'full value'. OK, this is what we got....broken eardrums. There were some times the bass was so loud, we could not hear the actors. We needed subtitles. This really distracted from some good performances. Heath Ledger is intense, but not Oscar worthy. Bales was good except for the mechanical voice, although I could see Bruce Wayne's reasoning behind it. There were several plot holes *semi spoiler coming*, but the weirdest thing was immediately after the Joker blows up a hospital (complete with fires), there are people milling around and on top the building, and there isn't even smoke. I know ahead of time that we are to suspend our beliefs before seeing a Batman movie, and I am glad to do so. My only real complaint is that the movie was built up so much, that I was let down. People who call this the best movie of all time are certainly entitled to their opinion, and I am glad they enjoyed it. I just don't agree. It was worth the money, just not the hype.