Corporate tie ins, nowhere near as good as the first,plot holes

Rating: 2/10 (11 April 2010)

I loved the first film, but i just could escape the feeling that this was a lot more of a popcorn movie. The only bright spot in the movie for me was the joker brilliant insane agent of chaos.Played to the hilt by heath ledger. The were too many things that made no sense in the film and could only be explained by corporate interference,The man responsible for the first great film simply couldn't have made this mess(or so i thought)
The heavily armoured "tank like" batmobile built for the army is taken out by a rocket?Thus batsy must eject in the bat pod and a new "must buy" toy vehicle for the kids. The military must have asked for a bridging vehicle that can eject a motor bike from wayne industries?? (an example of the military-industrial complex gone mad or completely non-sensical idea that the writer didn't think through?)
Batman goes to hong kong for about 5 minutes to catch a man we barely see again.
The bullet "resistant" armour is penetrated by a DOG?With kevlar Dentures perhaps?So now batsy has to have a completely different suit made and thus a completely new action figure for the kids.Ker ching
The gotham city of the first film looks completely different,even the brass looking monorail of batman begins(a major feature and plot point of the film) .It is replaced by the very dark industrial looking chicago elevated train system.And did they really think we wouldn't notice that the sandstone pointed-roof tower of wayne tower was suddenly morphed into Black flattop of completely different design.
Several signs bellow "welcome to chicago" in the background.
The new Rachel dawes is completely different and the new actress doesn't even try to emulate the character seen in the first film.
An utterly pointless cameo from the scarecrow ,captured in 30 seconds flat .
over all a wasted opportunity kind of like comparing x men to the dire sequels
avoid