Hoped I would have liked it more.

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2012)

I sat down to watch this with quite high expectation as anything rated 8+ is usually a good watch.
Right away I had to adjust the sound so I could hear Christian Bale,s dialogue. His delivery was so often under this breath and his thick East London accent made we struggle to understand him.
I understand that atmosphere is created by various visual means but why were so many shots filmed underlit for no justifiable reason? Just about every scene was in darkness I found that I was straining to see what was on the screen.
I also found that the HJ character had practically no backstory. His destructive obsession had me wondering what fueled this obsession or did something from his past trigger this.
Between straining to understand CB and squinting to see what was on the screen I found myself too distracted from the plot. This was a long film and felt longer than it actually was.
Christian, drop the barrow boy accent and speak up!!!!
Mr Nolan, put a light on or open the curtains!!!!