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Originally Posted by meanbitchesglenn
I agree completely. It was an OK movie, but not great:
1) They don't develop the characters enough to make them likable. Usually in a superhero movie they open by having a family getting mugged and then have the hero come in and save them (or something like that). Then you get a little bit of backstory on the guy that makes you empathize with him. For example, in "Iron Man" our boy Tony Stark is tortured with another guy by Arab terrorists. At one point he wants to sacrifice himself for the other hostage. You start to like him and root for him. In The Dark Knight they did none of that... they just showed us the dark side.
2) Maggie Gillenhall is the most butt-ugly female lead ever in a superhero movie. With all of the thousands of hot women in Hollywood, that's the best they could find? She's not even a good actress.
--Glenn
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Bronco67 pretty much gave you the answers you needed to hear but I just thought I'd add a little to the first 2.
1) See Bronco67's answer if you wanted a motive and backstory to Batman. A Joker backstory would have completely killed the character. Wonder why Starwars Episode 1-3 sucked? Because Darth Vader went from baddest dude in the Universe to some Emo punk. If we knew why the Joker was a crazy Anarchist it would have given a sense and purpose to what he was doing....that would have ruined the character. They purposely withheld an origin....that's why he gives multiple versions of his bio throughout the movie.
2) A hot chic would have taken away from her character and Bruce Wayne's genuine love for her. He was surrounded by super hot model type chics but wanted her....this too was done purposely. She would have just been another hot chic if they got a hot chic to play her...getting a butt ugly girl to play her provides contrast.