I had long heard about "The Dark Knight" but had waited 15 years until now to see it, and that long wait just makes the disappointment that much worse once you find out how mediocre this film really is. I thought the sound editing was terrible, with too many harsh pointless tones so common in Nolan movies. The film editing was atrocious, with scenes jumping quickly from one situation to the next while not showing the crucial action. The action direction was thus likewise poor making action scenes difficult to follow. The plot was also surprisingly abstruse for a comic book film, in a bad way. The script was not developed well enough to care about any of the characters. Bale mumbled all his lines so I could barely understand him. I thought Aaron Eckhert did best but I knew his role would be so depressing. Really the entire Batman universe has become much too bleak and depressing, and Nolan piles on top of that fact with the most bleak ending possible -- stating our hero must become the villain to save everyone. More inverted morality nonsense. Really wouldn't recommend this film to anyone, poor production, poor script, poor morals, basically zero to recommend it, almost no women in the film as well. Avoid, 2/10 rating.