The Most Overrated Film of All Time.

Rating: 1/10 (27 October 2014)

I am a hardcore movie buff. I've seen them all and studied them all. Of all the movies said to be the greatest of all time or a contender of one of the greatest of recent times, this is the most undeserving. Do I really think that this is a 1/10? No. I ranked it this low hoping 9.0 rating would eventually drop. Because 9/10 on this site in 4th place? Many other sites ranked this either at the top or near the top? What the hell?! I will say that this was well made. The cinematography, action and danger sequences were well-done. But not as good as, say, Die Hard. Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker is what carries the movie and is the only reason why it is ranked so high. Without Heath Ledger as The Joker, the movie would have been as dull as The Dark Knight Rises. Ledger gives one of the best performances in recent memory, but people treat it like it's better than De Niro in Raging Bull or Kevin Spacey in American Beauty. Because of him, they also treat it like it's up to par with the likes of Schindler's List and Shawshank Redemption. I gather those people have never seen either one, because both those movies blow The Dark Knight out of the water.
What it my problem with this? It's concept is stupid. Citizens of Gotham blame all crime on Batman, and Bruce Wayne agrees. He thinks Gotham's true hero is DA, Harvey Dent. Dent may be Wayne's buddy, he even he knows it's bogus. As The Joker rises and spreads chaos, Batman is still treated like a villain and Bruce just takes it. What a dumb-ass! And that's what goes on throughout the whole movie! "You are responsible for all crime Batman!" "Open your eyes! Can't you see it's The Joker that doing all this? You're welcome for me protecting you! Next time I'll just let The Joker kill you guys and let Harvey Dent save you." I can see why they would label Harvey Dent as a hero, but can he really save people from a burning building? Or falling off a cliff? No, that's what Batman is for. Batman may not be allowed to kill, but just break his arms and legs: problem solved. And the Joker roams freely out in the open. With patriots and a half- decent police force, snipers would have capped him in an instant. The movie is very slow (practically getting nowhere) and the character development isn't very strong. The characters are developed into stunned pushovers. Good action, The Joker, and Two-Face were the only reasons this movie was worth watching. Joker and Two-Face/Harvey Dent where the only good characters in this.
It baffles me how high people can rate and praise such a generic movie. The must not know how ratings work. Do they know who Robert De Niro is? Have they heard of Steven Spielberg? Have they seen Gone With The Wind? Maybe this movie isn't as bad as I said, but it is so overrated, I get sick of it easily and strongly believe it does not deserve the praise it gets.
0/4