Mediocre acting....shallow, flat Batman with greatly played Joker...badly moving storyline but nice to see in light of the TV series Gotham.

Rating: 7/10 (19 March 2015)

First, Heath Ledger, rest in peace, was hilarious as the Joker. I can't be the only one who laughs at the Joker. However, I was not a fan of Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Alfred was played well, and Morgan Freeman made an enjoyable Lucius Fox. On the whole though, the acting was okay. And though I knew the move was three hours when I began, I sort of forgot and when I got to the seeming end with the Joker being captured, I was like, "Alright, this was lame." But the second half made it worth watching, though the mediocre acting and other negatives made is OKAY on the whole. Entertaining, but lacking in something. I think Batman's tools were too modern and made from outside. I think they should be a mix between the classic and modern technology. Batman is a genius. I understand Fox finances, but it's like he is the brains while Batman is the playboy muscle. Also that. Batman can be a lady's man without being a flat, intelligent, but not so morally deep character. The depth of Batman's foundations are not shown here, and he is more muscle and penis than anything. The positives, other than the Joker and pleasant Morgan Freeman are lacking IMO. I really did enjoy this movie though, mostly because I have been watching Gotham and have wanted to watch Batman. The movie also has a bit of a badly moving storyline. I know this review sounds contradicting, but it just lacked in too many areas to give is an 8, and so its a 7 for me. Not a flop, but Bale makes a shallow, dumbed down, muscle man that requires Fox to hold his moral fiber together, as shown in the triangulating scene where Fox is outraged at the immorality of tapping phones.