Not a good movie compared to the other two in the trilogy

Rating: 5/10 (1 March 2018)

I have finally decided that it's ok to not like this movie. It's very flawed. I liked Heath Ledger's performance, but part of me doesn't buy that it's his voice, because I've never seen Heath Ledger do anything like this. He's just not capable of it, watch his other movies.
The Joker is easily the worst thing about this movie, and I will list the reasons why. He comes across as a nihilistic goth teen instead of a crime kingpin. You can't take him seriously with the messy hair. He's more serial killer than alpha gang leader. He's not intelligent. You compare the Joker from the comics and the cartoon, even the old TV show, and this just isn't him. He paints himself into a corner.
There's something about the film that comes off as unfinished, numerous awkward scenes, particularly the Gambol killing scene. Others, like the Joker meeting the other mob bosses doesn't feel like everyone was in the same room filming. It's just weird, like they changed the actor for the Joker and had to reshoot. Other scenes feel just as disconnected. In the last fight, the Joker says something like, "he wouldn't risk the battle for Gotham in a fist fight with (Batman)." Did he really mean "We did reshoots and can't actually stage a full-on fight"? The scene with Lau in Hong Kong is less janky than the Joker scenes. After watching this film quite a few times, there's something off about this movie that you don't see in other Nolan films that is strange. You could see a similar effect in "All The Money In The World" with the reshoots that eliminated Kevin Spacey.
It's a shame the new Justice League effort isn't working because it really could be time to do a proper Joker movie, but I don't think that's going to happen, even if the rumor Joker standalone film happens. I'm just not a fan of this movie anymore. Debating selling my 4K Bluray, but I just am not impressed with the film anymore.