Good acting, but film does not live up to expectations

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2009)

Christian Bale does a good job as Batman. All the other actors from the previous films are here too, and live up to what I expected. Heath Ledger's performance is simply superb. And yet, if you've seen the other Batman movies, this one seems like more of the same and the scenes are almost repetitive after a while. Batman Begins? Now that was great. I'm still puzzling over this movie's super-high user rating. Each actor does a good job, but the story is ultimately unconvincing. There are pieces of Bond. There is the touch of Superman. You've seen the vehicles. The flying. The awed citizens of Gotham.
But what is unique in this story? What sets it apart to be both memorable and new? Hard to say.
My explanation for all the hype? Batman's large following of true believers. So if you're a wide-eyed kid, or under-30 anyway, have your fantasy!