I've seen "The Dark Knight" at least five times now and it's safe to say that the emperor has no clothes. This movie has very little going for it. The script is more silly than anything else (with a glaring omission towards the end). It has one uninteresting character after another. The cast is mostly dull. Heath Ledger's "great" performance has more to do with his makeup than anything else. There is a stretch of about about twenty minutes in the second half that always grabs my attention but it's not enough to save the movie. The problem with "The Dark Knight" is a fatal one. If you don't care about the characters, you don't care about the movie. Dishonorable mention: a bland Maggie Gyllenhaal.