Great, but... something always seems missing.

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2012)

I think I've watched this film at least over 5 times, and every time I always find something's missing.
While the action is incredible, the story interesting, and the characters fascinating, there's something missing.
The first thing is batman. i don't think Christian Bale is the worst Batman, but he doesn't seem on par with the rest of the movie. It's just hard to take him seriously.
The second reason is... How the hell is this batman. While the Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker is great. The film lacks the mood set out by the Tim Burton one 19 years ago. I can never take it seriously. It just feels like a secret agent in a bat suit. Nolan needed to have a strong Gothic mood in this film. One which he was able to achieve in Batman begins, but not here.
Bottom line The Dark Knight is a great story with brilliant acting (for the most part) But it fails to capture what made batman, batman which has a huge impact on the film. While Batman begins was probably more flawed. It was simpler and had a great Gothic mood to it which made it flow nicely. But I find this one just to go a little too far.
Thrilling and exciting but no masterpiece.