captainsolo said:

The Dark Knight-took all of the elements from the first film I didn't like and did away with any of the one I did. I kept waiting for this film to go somewhere, but it didn't. And this lack of nearly anything somehow gives it the pretense of "importance"? ....Bad story construction, some editing and sound mixing mistakes, and they didn't know how or where to end the darn thing. IMO a mess.

That pretty much sums up my thoughts on The Dark Knight also. Man, by the time they got to that way too long & pointless ferry sequence, I was literally looking at the clock. With God as my witness, I nearly didn't finish watching it. I'd lost interest.

I'll also go on record as the lone dissenter where Ledger is concerned. Too much - of everything. Know when to pull back and give the character room to breath. Some of it was scene chewing and I wore out on it. The juggernaut of pre-release "this is the greatest performance in the history of film" hype certainly didn't help. Fans were ordaining it masterpiece and classic before they'd even seen the fucking thing.