I don't understand the love for this film. There are better Batman films in existence. The cartoon from the 90's was better than this film. (then again, how do you top that masterpiece?) 1. Christian Bale was hilarious.

When you make you voice as deep as possible, it's pretty hard to take you seriously. Kevin Conroy (Batman from the cartoon) had found a perfect balance between intimidating and realistic for his voice for Batman. But Christian Bale? He's completely laughable when he's yelling at the Joker during the interrogation scene. He also did this weird thing with his lips where he forced them to stick out as much as possible. My point is, Batman is supposed o be intimidating ad awesome, but Bale tried to so hard to do just that he failed on a massive level.

2. Heath Ledger was not that good. At least in person.

The only points in the film where Ledger as the Joker was intimidating was in the scenes where he was film something on a camcorder. Those scenes were great. In every other scene, though, he's cheesy and stupid. That thing he does where he runs his fingers through hair and likes his lips? How can I look at that and say that was scary? Mark Hamill (Joker in the cartoon) was the perfect joker. All of his mannerisms and his speech patterns were what you'd expect form a psychopathic clown. In this film, he's just a psychopath.

3. Stupid decisions.

Why did nobody on the police department go to save Rachael while Batman was going after Harvey Dent? Why did the police let the Joker out of his cell "to make a phone call?" You'd think they'd have reason to keep him in the cell, maybe even in a straitjacket. Why did that police officer get in a fight with the Joker? The movie would have ended right if the Police Department wasn't full of morons. Why did Batman never kill the Joker? I'm pretty sure if you asked anyone else, they would say they'd be willing to if it would save hundreds of people. Batman just has this stupid moral code that keeps him from seeing the broader picture (I have the same issue with the comics and the cartoon) All-in-all, a lot of idiots making stupid decisions.

4. Everything else was okay.

The soundtrack was decent. The action scenes were decent. Everything else was just fine. But laughable acting, stupid plot conveniences, and so-so everything else is good enough to get #4 on the best films ever made? No. This movie is overwhelmingly under-average.

4/10