Dark? As dark as high noon on a summer's day

Rating: 4/10 (31 July 2008)

Well, maybe not.
I won't bore you with any of the plot details, believe me when I say The Dark Knight will do this for you. Tedious, that's one way of describing this film. As well as insipid, dull, uninspiring, boring, and yawn inspiring.
I seriously can't believe the ridiculously high scores given here. Did we even see the same movie? I'm starting to think not.
The one I saw was achingly long, had A-Team level violence (you know, explosions and a lot of shooting but never any blood), and a hero who disguised himself by adopting a stupid 'I'm disguising my voice so you'll not recognise my lantern jaw' voice.
Heath Ledger was okay. As in OK. As in not great. I half suspect that the only reason people are gushing over him is because he's dead.
Anyway, this film has a LOT of flaws and certainly isn't anywhere near the masterpiece it is touted as being.
I'll give it a 6/10 for some solid cinematography, -1 for being so damn boring and another -1 for failing to live up to any of the hype.