Not that good

Rating: 4/10 (21 July 2008)

Saw the movie 7/20, not very good at all, quite disappointed given all the hype, but the theater was packed.
Plot was a mess, hard to follow- I couldn't tell what was going on much of the time, some of the characters such as joker and most criminals were nasty, but I kept getting confused with DA if he was good or bad guy, as well as others, and it really got muddled at end with who was insider etc. Frankly, I didn't care.
Can you believe I caught myself dozing a couple of times? It's that kind of movie- lots of action and things happening, but you could drift off and just more action would be happening, so what did I miss?
Too many things that defy logic- I mean, come on, so many criminals "afraid" of the Joker, they wouldn't dare touch him? When he blows up hospital, which police just evacuated, wouldn't some police be on scene and then they could shoot him?
I too didn't like the lead actress, Maggie Glyndehaal (spelling?)- she was very tepid, nothing that would excite me, no passion just boredom. Most of the characters were not very compelling- even Batman wasn't anyone that made me sympathetic or like him. Who the hell was Morgan Freeman- what function did he have? Did they just add his name to attract viewers as he's usually a good draw?
Not very good- I should have asked for my money back.