Tries to be more than just a superhero movie, and fails.

Rating: 3/10 (3 March 2009)

A film that can only be viewed in the Cinema. The overbearing score and use of Imax are testament to this. Also, this film would have been a 15, but Nolan wanted to break the box office records, so he toned down the violence and some of the realism so that little 12 year olds could be brainwashed into thinking this is a masterpiece. I have lost all respect for Mr Nolan at this point: This film is way too in love with itself, and for a film that tries oh so hard to be uber-realistic, it fails at many different points in the movie. Nolan was too ambitious in making a complex blockbuster, it's caught between two different worlds and remains confused about whether it is a serious gritty crime thriller, or a superhero movie, and fails on both levels. Batman Begins did the realism much better, with a better script and far better action sequences. This film suffers from poor editing, poor pacing, needless scenes, glaring plot holes, far too many improbables, and relies on the viewer suspending their disbelief for so long that the viewer will be unable to believe anything outside of Chris Nolan's Heat-inspired universe of Batman. Heath is good though, I'll give it that. But to call this one of the greatest films ever is an utter insult to every truly great director that has made far more and far better films than Christopher Nolan. A poor film that doesn't hold up on repeated viewings. I'm ashamed to admit that I preordered this "film" on DVD :(