Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (22 July 2008)

I'm at awe of how highly rated this movie is. Honestly, I feel bad even giving it a five. This is coming from a comic, movie and Batman buff.
*spoilers begin* The Joker was awesome. However I got a more sadistic feeling from him rather than laughy jokey. His jokes weren't all too funny. However, I still enjoyed his character. Action could be OK. Sometimes it was poorly done though. Same goes for the acting..
This movie was way to long and was very scattered. I'm still wondering what the Scarecrow was doing in the movie at all. Also the eyeliner and mascara of the mayor... There were a lot of pointless added things. As mentioned before, the city didn't have a very Gotham look or feel.
This movie focused a lot on the cops. I don't mind cop thrillers and such but I went to see Batman vs. The Joker...not the life and times of all of Gotham City.
They should have waited to give Two-Face his own movie. As mentioned before if he really wanted revenge he'd kill the Joker not take the cop's family hostage and threaten to kill the son as payback.
One thing that really bothered me though...they have all these videos of the Joker making obvious threats to kill people until Batman unmasks himself...they catch the Joker and "Oh no we can't do anything but hold him until morning because we have nothing on him." Then when the Joker has a cop hostage, they don't shoot him. Instead they give him the cell phone so he can trigger a bomb inside some guy's stomach. That with the boat scene...As if they'd really wait it out. It did kind of make me smile when the one convict threw the detonator out the window.
There were multiple plot holes and this movie probably could have been cut in half. The ending was rather cliché and blah. I definitely enjoyed some scenes...but I'd often find myself wondering when it would end. It's doubtful I'd watch this movie again..aside from wanting to see the Joker.