After all the buzz about this movie, I guess it could not fail to disappoint. However, I did not just think it disappointing, I thought it especially bad. The plot is confusing, the dialog is mostly impossible to understand (and when it can be heard it includes trite things like "It is always darkest before dawn"). Continuity is totally absent. Who is doing what to whom, and when, here? Heath Ledger is good but not great--all the hype is really sympathy because he died. The best thing about this experience was seeing the trailer for Terminator, which opens next summer. If you are a Batman fan wait until DK is available on HBO.