This IS NOT the Greatest Film Ever.

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2009)

The Dark Knight was the most hyped movie that I have ever gone to see. While I thought it was good, it was nowhere near the hyped that it received and I doubt any movie ever could be.
Basically a new villain is around, the Joker. Also a new district attourney named Harvey Dent is helping to end crime in Gotham. Batman also is beginning to have his image tainted and hopes that he will not be needed one day.
I once again liked the overall serious tone in this film. That helps to make the conflict seem more real and problamatic. It is great for these new Batman Films to have this tone and hopefully they stick with it.
Loved the new character of Harvey Dent. He is great both as Harvey Dent the District Attorney and later as Two Face the coin flipping killer.
I think Christian Bale is great as Batman once again. Bale is good at playing Batman and I look forward to seeing him in future films.
Heath Ledger plays the Joker. While an interesting performance and one that is memorable, I think that his performance is completely over rated due to his death. If he had not died I do not know how much credit he would have gotten or how much hype the film would have gotten. I do feel bad that he died, but this performance is not as great as people say and somewhat disturbing at times.
Scarecrow gets to show up for a little, which is interesting.
I think this film dragged at times. It seemed like there are too many things going on and stuff that should have been cut out.
Also Batman could have been in this film more. This film is somewhat similar to Spiderman 2 in that Spiderman is absent for much of the film as Batman is absent from this film for a while as well. But when Batman is on screen he is great. I really like Batman.
Also I hate the new actress that played Rachel. Why did they change actresses? Katie Holmes was way better and it would have helped if they had found an actress who LOOKED LIKE KATIE HOLMES AT LEAST! Idiots.
The action is pretty good. Batman gets to fight dogs, the Joker, and some thugs. Also the effects and music were phenomenal.
So I think this film was over hyped more than any film I have ever seen. It was very good, but not a masterpiece. Still, I recommend it.