Totally overrated

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2010)

Seeing as this movie was in the IMDb top 10 of all times i decided i should have a look. So yesterday i decided to watch it and my expectations were very high.
First off; Yes it is an enjoyable movie, but does it deserve to be in the top 10 of greatest movies all time? My opinion is no, not at all...
Heath Ledgers plays his role really good. He is the scariest and best joker i've seen in the Batman films so far. The way he portraits the joker sometimes makes you wonder if he's acting or just really insane, brilliant performance! I found the Batman character a bit overdone by Christian Bale (his voice is a bit overreacted in my opinion). So does this have the best acting in movies of all time? No.. its just Heath who does a good job here for me...
The story evolves around Gotham being terrorized by the mafia and the joker. Harvey Dent (who later becomes 2 face) wants to clean up the city. He succeeds in this at first, however he did not get to the real mastermind, the joker. The Joker is a criminally insane mastermind. The movie has some action scenes that evolve about people being kidnapped and batman saving them. I know its an adaptation to the comic book version, but i found the story to be really weak and predictable. And the good guy gone bad (harvey dent) is one big cliché. I've all seen it before! Even the kidnapping.. i mean come on... this is one of the best story's told of all time? No.. so what makes the movie get this high rating then?
When i finished watching the movie i was absolutely shocked... How did this movie get an 8.9 on IMDb? How did it end up in the top 10 of best movies all time? Really.. I think this is a good movie, but one of the best... no way! It does not have the deep involving storyline of the Godfather nor the unique plot twists Pulp Fiction has. It also does not have the epic feeling any of the Lord of The Rings movies have. Actually i can find nothing where the movies really stands out compared to other typical action movies. And if you want to compare it to comic book movies... Sin City does a way better job at creating a unique atmosphere and also has a more unique story.
I find this to be an enjoyable movie, but also one of the most overrated movies of all time. I seriously can not see why this should be on par with: The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Lord of the Ring or Sin City.