Disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2016)

The Dark Knight has slick production value and impressive acting, but much of it is poorly paced and poorly written. It amazes me that a movie could at once be so stellar in terms of execution, yet so lackluster in terms of conception. I say this because it's apparent that many of the people involved in cinematography, costume, makeup, sound, special effects, editing, etc. did very good work, but no amount of talent could save such a weak script. There's really no reason to care about any of the characters, and I was actually bored throughout much of the movie. The Dark Knight masquerades as a high-quality crime drama, expertly manipulating the audience into thinking that it's going to be a good movie, to such an extent that many people have actually been tricked into believing that it is a great movie. The Dark Knight somehow never lives up to its hype. Despite the fact that many of the people who worked on this movie really tried to make it great, The Dark Knight's inability to reconcile its pretensions of sophistication with its silly, comic-book origins ultimately causes its reach to exceed its grasp.