in regards to jfmvp's nitpicking

Rating: 10/10 (26 August 2008)

The scene about killing off the other heist men, the money The Joker was stealing from the bank was not for his own use in the first place, he was stealing drug money that belonged to the mafia, and that Asian dude. This is why he goes to the mafia for help and this is why he doesn't want to share the money. This also answers why he was able to get so many accomplices, since the accomplices were either part of the mob(in which they were doing it to get their money back) or mentally ill people, (the man who Harvey Dent was about to kill in the ally, and the man with the bomb inside him in the jail). As for "why did the cops not notice that The Joker was dressed as a cop in the scene with the mayor is because all of the other people weren't cops either, they were goons. Notice how there were about ten cops tide up and stripped when Batman saw them. The hospital was the only scene i couldn't figure out especially since their was no way for the Joker to have pre-lay the bombs before knowing what Hospital Harvey was at.
As for the movie itself, the only thing I didn't like was Batman's raspy voice, it made it hard to understand some of the dialogue. I also think that Heath did too good a job acting that he stole the light whenever any other actor had a major role on screen. I specify major, because those few scenes when batman entered unexpectedly were great and shined light on the batman again.
If this movie didn't include batman, and was written using characters from Batman, more people would be calling it a masterpiece. Because I think long time fans of Batman man were probably disappointed that it didn't keep with some of the humor that is associated with comic books, and the cartoon, and Tim Burton's earlier films.
On the other side of the fence are the people who loved the original Batman cartoons comic books etc..., and they love the fact that Nolan and his brother put so much thought into the new direction they took Batman. In thinking through, if Batman were real, how would people react, how would a completely psychotic villain (aka The Joker) think and act in a real world setting. The results of Nolan's brainstorming open light to very plausible outcome if such a hero were to exist.
The story was simple, but told in a complicated way. A psychopath steals drug money to build a gang of goons to fur fill his plan of corrupting a city, to prove his point that everyone is just as sick as he is, but a Hero, who is trying to give the city a real hero (aka Harvey Dent), tries to get rid of this villain, without losing what he fights for. It was told extremely well, and all thought with a run time of over two and a half hours you would think it would be drawn out, it was extremely well paced, especially when compared to "Batman Begins".
The movie was performed well,The Joker being the only exception who was performed perfectly, told well, and filmed brilliantly, it certainly deserves to be called a masterpiece, and is in my top ten just below Forrest Gump and just above Shawshank Redemption.
The 10 stars really should be 9.8 but i cant choose that