A Few Fatal Flaws

Rating: 6/10 (21 July 2008)

There's no questioning that this movie is quite spectacular for the most part. Heath Ledger's Joker was one of the most spectacular characters I've ever seen on screen... unfortunately, that's about all I have to say good about it. For the most part, any scene that has him in it is amazing, but everything else just... loses it's shine.
In all honesty, I didn't like Batman Begins, I thought it was overrated and had the largest plot hole in the history of the world (a machine that can instantly vaporize water without vaporizing the water puddles on the street, let alone making humans explode or making metal hot), and I found the same sort of flaw within the Dark Knight. These movies take themselves so painfully seriously, and I give it to them, they're amazing in that seriousness. There's almost no 'comic book' residue until two face comes around. Then, all of a sudden, we're supposed to remember that this is, in fact, a comic book movie, and that the man can run around with open wounds, no medication and function normally. No, this doesn't work for me.
There were far too many loose ends. Yes, it was a decent movie. On first glance, it's brilliant, but the second that you actually think about things (such as the fact that Batman threw the mafia boss off a third story balcony, breaking/shattering his legs, and then the guy was walking around the very next day). It's overrated. It's good, but it's overrated.
I'm not much in the form of caring if I get flamed for this review, but this is my honest opinion. It's good, it really is, but it's not a 'Masterpiece'. It's a movie... but it's not the best movie. It didn't entertain me father than the first half, and that means that it failed where a movie is supposed to succeed: entertaining.