You say you're judgeing it soley as a film, but I don't see it. It sounds to me like there are elements of Batman himself that are biasing you against the film. The things you listed, as I said, are things that are intrinsic to Batman's character. Aflred in the film is exactly how Alfred should be. Carmine Falcone acts like Carimine Falcone, and everyone knows that Bruce Waynes parents were murdered in front of him. That's the reason Batman became Batman.

As for 'demanding more' I don't see how you could. The plot may have a rather glaring hole in it, (that is, how come nobody started panicking when boiling water for cooking and the like if the toxin had been in the water so long) but other wise it was by far the best plot of any of the Batman movies. All the characters acted like real people, even the villains. And this is definitely the first film to go so deeply into the psychology of Batman and why he does what he does. The first film just said, "Hey, my parents have been killed. That means I'm a superhero now!" and left it at that.

Nolan didn't do that. He made it seem possible for Batman's story to actually happen in the real world, which is something no other Batman movie accomplished.

Of course, you're free to disagree.