as usual, Batman bores

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2008)

Heath, Heath, Heath, yada yada yada. Yes, he did a lovely Joker. So what? The film was almost as tedious as the rest of them. The obvious problems:
* Too long!
* Shallow stabs at moral seriousness.
* Absurdly over-processed Batman voice.
* The usual barely-there female characters.
* Heath's Joker was just another lunatic villain, and we've seen plenty of similar quality over the years. *gasp*  heresy!
Yes, in my opinion, Heath was merely okay.
Making a villainous virtue out of the Joker having no purpose but to "make the world burn" is not "deep." It's not that hard to create a charismatic psycho character. Yes, he had some game. Yes, of course, I enjoyed lines like "I wouldn't know what to do with it if I caught one." This movie wasn't completely awful. I'm giving it five stars, after all (which guarantees no one will read my comment, but oh well).
But neither Heath nor the film as a whole was "amazing."
I'm not a superhero movie hater, and I've actually read plenty of Batman comics in my life (unlike at least half the people getting excited about this film, I think). But I have been bored and disappointed by the Batman franchise films every time, so this is no surprise. I can't even wrap my head around this one being fun, light entertainment (or any other kind of entertainment), let alone a "classic" as so many are calling it.
A classic? As GOB would say, "Come on!" If you are calling this movie a classic, you can't possibly have seen many movies!