Waste of time

Rating: 1/10 (8 January 2009)

This movie was trying to be many things at once. Between the cheesy Gordon's lines and a gangster movie wannabe, they really lost a lot of the essence they build in the first movie. First of all, Batman is supposed to be a superhero. In my opinion they should have focused in getting a mix of Spiderman (which made superheroes movies popular again) with the kind of Asian mystery and wise character they created in the first movie. Now you just see a guy that can do no wrong, where you are supposed to be awed by his sacrifices. See the problem is that if you want to create a believable gangster movie, "good" guys have legitimate reasons to kill "bad" guys sometimes and they pretty much have to unless they are a priest or something. Remember The Departed? That's what you have to focus on if you want good drama. They could complement that with what the new Hulk movie (the one with Edward Norton) achieved, and then we could have a fantastic movies with one of the greatest comic characters of all time.
As far as the acting goes, I don't see what all the fuzz is all about with the Joker. Watch No country for Old Men and tell me who you are really scared of afterwards. And no makeup required on top of that.