>Too many characters and not enough Bruce Wayne. There isn't
>enough interaction between the hero and any other character to
>give any of his relationships weight. Bruce meets Dent about
>twice and all they do is make bullshit smalltalk. Batman and
>The Joker talk exposition before Bale and Ledger have to force
>home the Batman/Joker relationship in one fleeting scene.

excellent, excellent point.

>A plot structure really doesn't seem to exist. This movie has
>all of the issues Spider-Man 3 does. It's juggling too many
>characters and plots and then has to force them all together.
>There's no room to breathe, it's all exposition outside of a
>few gem moments with The Joker.

yep, the movie is frantic and pure chaos. Any attempt at manipulating the audience to set up a greater impact for a different scene is pretty much nonexistent or could have been better.

>The Joker only gets the
>attention because of the great performance Heath provided for
>Nolan.

Also true. Just pretend that we got an average performance and EVERYONE would be underwhelmed with the Joker in this. Burton and Jack were MUCH more creative than Nolan and his writers. Like I said before...the Joker airing his own weird commercials >>> showing a hostage on TV. Contaminated products and poison hot air balloons >>> setting up a bunch of bombs (although I agree the ferry set up was clever). A girlfriend with a messed up face and mask also added alot of creepiness to Jack's Joker. Where the hell was Nolan's creativity other than the different stories about how he got his scars?