The movie was very good. However, the audio mix is terrible. It may just be the theater we saw it in (Rave on Col. Glenn in Little Rock) but from the first second I knew something was wrong. Many, many speaking parts were unintelligible due to very poor audio mix. My attempts to get anyone at the Rave to look at the problem went unheeded. There were 8 of us in our group (one teen, 6 in their 20's, and one in his 40's) and all of us struggled to hear the lines. It was frustrating, to say the least, and dampened our experience (especially since we drove a hour each way to the Rave so that we would have a superior experience). Visually, the movie was great. Ledger's Joker was well played ... Bale gave a great performance (unfortunately, like all previous Batman sequels, the story stopped being about Batman and was all about everyone else ... let's hope the next one is not full of 7 or 8 criminals ... and let's pray Clooney gets no where near this franchise). The chick that replaced Rachel was less than adequate ... and she's ugly, too. Sorry, it's just the truth. The Gordon twist was not believable, even for a comic book movie. The movie leaves you hanging, as it is obvious the whole idea was for Ledger to be back for the next one ... you just leave wondering what they'll do. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 ... could have been an 8.5 out of 10 if we could have heard the lines.