Clearly Overrated!

Rating: 4/10 (9 October 2008)

The Dark Knight is not an exceptional movie, period. Heath's Joker was good, perhaps several times better than Jack Nicholson's. Nevertheless, it was just another good performance - nothing groundbreaking.
The action, the drama, the suspense - agreed, its all there. But haven't we seen all this so many times before? Some of the Joker's schemes - such as the two ferries that were to be blown up at 12am - seemed reminiscent of those from Speed (Keanu Reeves). The gadgets were like James Bond on steroids, Wayne Enterprises was just unbelievably lax about its operations, and everything that could have seemed odd in Bruce Wayne's personal life was so easily covered up. This should have remained a comic book.
Batman Begins was a much better movie in comparison. It had something fresh, a new beginning, a new story on offer. This is just a remake of past concepts - the only difference being that one of the lead actors died and ended up being glorified beyond imagination.
Watch Batman Begins instead.