IMDb rating system out of control?

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2008)

I've seen many good movies in my life and this just isn't a 9.1. Not even close. A solid 7 but otherwise a forgettable movie. I'd argue the Burton films were better and more ground breaking. Do they have Oscars for marketing though? Because the marketing for this movie is great! Anyway, I just saw the Dark Knight and what I saw was a lot of special effects but nothing you haven't seen before. And really, the jet powered tank thing is getting old. Putting SUV like wheels on it is I guess a sign of the times. Glad it blew up, good riddance.
Then there was the plot with huge holes in it and a sickening amount of moralism. You'd almost hope this joker guy would kick some batman ass this time to put this bat out of his misery. The guy deserves it for a wooden performance. I think only Val Kilmer was worse.
What I missed most though was the complete and utter absence of humor. Come on, it's a cartoon. It's supposed to be funny. Jack Nicholson was hilarious as the Joker. Heath just isn't funny. True, he wasn't trying to either.
But the kicker: not a single bat. Bats were nowhere to be seen and the bat cave was replaced by a garage in some office building. What's a batman film without bats, no cave, and no sense of humor?! Anyway, OK action movie and the pop corn crowd no doubt has a good evening. No doubt Heath will get an Oscar but that will be cause he OD'ed rather than of his exceptional acting performance. Oscars work like that.