Why so serious?

Saw The Dark Knight. Moments of brilliance (mostly due to Ledger), but a horribly mixed bag of tricks overall. Not a patch on Iron Man despite all the fan boy genuflecting. Will have more to say on it after I’ve seen the IMAX version - couple of things I wanna clarify with a second screening - but in the meantime this kinda sums up the faults that in retrospect were right there in the trailer:

Which kid is having the most fun? Batkid or the one with lollipops and knives?

Thankfully Nolan recognises what a knob Batman is and keeps him off screen for most of the movie. Having Bale rasp his lines in that ridiculous get up for the first time on set must have lead to a similar revelation as Spielberg’s when he realised that Bruce wasn’t going to float…