It'll be what Batman fans needs it to be..

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2009)

First of all, stop. After reading some of these comments, if you don't agree with someone else's opinion, then leave it at that. I understand if you don't feel this is a 10. But not everyone has the same opinion of a movie. There are people who love movies like The Godfather or Pulp Fiction, and a group that didn't find it a masterpiece or hated it. There's no need to insult others because they feel differently than you.
Now to my actual review of my opinion of the movie. First, is it a classic? No. But it's what a superhero movie is supposed to be. Is it predictable? Yes. Never understood why someone would rant that a superhero movie is too predictable. All of them are. It does what it was meant to do and become an action movie. Heath Ledger as the Joker was fabulous. It couldn't have been done better. He left us with an image of a maniacal genius. Keeping you on edge in every scene he was in. I notice that people are also comparing him to Jack Nicholson. They were both good as the Joker, let's leave it at that, and not compare each other. There were flaws in this movie. First the biggest one, this seemed like a movie about Harvey Dent. If some person came in and had no knowledge of Batman at all, they'd probably remember Harvey Dent more than Batman and the Joker. The other thing I noticed is that there seemed to be no emotion in some scenes. Especially the scenes about who loves Rachel. It just wasn't there. You can tell Bale isn't used to crying. Eckhart was rather robotic about his feelings towards her. The first few scenes of the movie dragged. The movie had more flaws but the more I list, the more it will drag. But that's not to say it wasn't a good action movie and developed characters in the movie (something many films lack). For the last hour and a half of the movie, there was non-stop action and made you wonder what the Joker will do next. It's what this movie was meant to do. It fulfilled its purpose as an action movie, yet it had several flaws.