Overrated, but still good

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2008)

I think this movie is overrated. The plot lines are not that special, Christian Bale is a lousy actor and it lacks in atmosphere. My favorite is still Batman Returns by Tim Burton, it's so much more innovative. This is a bit boring, at some points, but still it's good. Why? Because of Heath Ledger, of course, he's the one who saves the movie for just being boring and irritating, and that because his Joker is so rotten, so mean, that it's wonderful. Jack Nicholson was also wonderful, but he interpreted it in another way, which, I think, was also very good.
I don't like the Harvey Dent actor, he's much too slick, and his lines are a bit cliché and predictable.
I kinda like the direction, though the art direction lacks in originality. Seeing the Tim Burton movies, it's so much more dark, and Gotham is really a pool of criminals and mafia, here, it's an uninspiring American Washington-like city.
Good nonetheless. 7/10