Great, but not that great

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2008)

It's hard not to get caught up in the hype surrounding this movie, and in all fairness it lives up to most of the high expectations I had. The acting is great, the action is great and Heath Ledgers take on the Joker certainly makes for one of the better villains in any "hero" movie I've seen. But there is a BIG difference between great movies and GREAT movies. Let's be honest here... this movie shouldn't be on any "greatest film of all time" top 10 list, nor does it belong there. It seems the voting on this one has been over-inflated and blown this movie up into something it's not. Sure it's yet another breath of fresh air into the batman story, and certainly a great follow up to Batman Begins (a slightly better movie in my book) but it certainly isn't the stellar masterpiece of a movie the hype claims it is.