Too Much Batman and Too little Fun (sacraligus)

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2009)

OK. Overall i do appreciate a superhero film with a more somber and serious tone and Nolan deserves a lot of respect for going trough with this. But even so, i don't think that has to come of the expense of less fun and less interesting action. Watching The Dark Knight i missed the witty bantering between Batman and Alfred, witch was one of my favorite parts of Batman Begin.
Other flaws:
1. Batman himself. He is a bit corny. Yes, you heard me right. I cant help but cringe when he does his Batman voice. I don't know if this has been a big issue on the board, but i think it should be.
2. Batman doesn't have worthy enemies. He is too damn powerful and dangerous. A film like this needs suspense, yet i never felt he was very threatened by anything. Booooring.
2. Too much Batman and not enough of the Joker.
This re-visioning of the Joker is surely the best thing in the film, and Huge turns in a GREAT performance. Joker as a psychopat you actually can believe in. His scenes are by far the most exciting, fun and just plain engrossing parts. I couldn't get enough of him. But who was he really? I was really hoping for some king of back-story(how did he turn out like that?!) but the film explored less interesting parts instead.
So we got Twoface and some nice musings on what truly makes a hero. Although i have to say the ending is pretty good. Im at loss for the hype surrounding DK and is not surprised that Nolan dosenst wanna continue, seeing that he had to struggle some to make ends meet here, and is probably sick of this franchie by now.