Confusing, Violent and Too Long

Rating: 4/10 (10 August 2008)

This was not a bad movie, but had way too much going on, and went on too long - I started looking at my watch after about an hour and fifteen minutes, and the last half-hour seemed like an eternity. Sometimes it seems as if pictures such as this one are made for audiences who are easily bored or who have ADD. Too many explosions, car crashes, too many plot points, not enough substance. Heath Ledger's characterization was interesting, but in light of his death it is difficult to objectively analyze his performance. The other performances were so-so. The movie takes itself a bit too seriously; it is, after all, a film about a comic-book character, and doesn't resonate the way a truly great film like The Godfather does.