Holey plot, batman!

Rating: 5/10 (8 August 2008)

"Here's your new batsuit, Batman. Should protect you against the most vicious dog! Oh ... on the downside, it is just a leee-tle bit less bulletproof..."
After about two hours I just wanted this film to be over. Heath Ledger was brilliant, though. No wonder Christian Bale looked cross all the time, he was out-acted in his own film. TDK lacked any real style and humour. The plot was unnecessarily complicated without really going anywhere or saying anything. The film flirted with concepts like evil, violence, morality, etc. but never got to grips with them. If there were any ideas, at times they came dangerously close to right-wing ones, but that may have been accidental. Actually not the best film of all time. Maybe people who thought this film was great are too young to have seen The Godfather, Seven Samurai, On the Waterfront, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, etc. Check out some REAL classics. And, for that reason, I'm out.