As a comic collect, huge action fan, and lover of Batman Begins... I wasn't impressed by the movie. It felt slow and awkward too often, there was too many plots and subplotsj and Bale's Batman has not grown to be any more convincing. The greatest thing about this movie is that Ledger's turn as the joker added a depth and realism to the character that is to date unparalleled. He was menacing, psychotic humorous, anarchic, and brilliant all in one... but that wasn't enough to carry the movie for me.