I have to admit I'm not a great super hero movie fan but was persuaded to watch this by my son who said - 'if you're going to watch just one; watch The Dark Knight'. Unfortunately I just find it very difficult to take these movies seriously - and The Dark Knight does take itself rather too seriously! It's also muddled, too long and makes poor use of Christian Bale who is a good actor but creates a soulless, humourless Batman. There is a great 'car chase' scene and Heath Ledger is truly brilliant as The Joker who spiced up a rather tedious 3 hr movie.