The costume is horrible. There better be hours of screen test footage proving why they can't make a decent fabric-based cowl, because this rubber head bullshit is just pathetic. Christian Bale's chin looks really uncomfortable in there. You know what's key to being a really great hand-to-hand combatant? Being able to turn your head. It's no wonder all these fight scenes are chopped up to hell, because it's ridiculous. Every time Qui-Gon smashes Batman's head through a window, he looks like a garden statue.

Why all the flying? Why is Batman gliding through 40% of these last thirty minutes? Is gliding cool?

Was that Bullock? Did he live?

I liked the fear gas hallucination stuff. Had I watched the preceding two hours, I suspect I may have enjoyed the Scarecrow.

Katie Holmes looks absolutely terrible in her exit scene. Is her makeup intended to make her look older, because it's just accentuating lumpiness. I think she's doing a bad Drew Barrymore impersonation with that weird right-side facial twitch. Which, by the way, isn't even close to attractive when Drew Barrymore does it.

And yeah, right, she's a District Attorney. And Kate Bosworth is a tough-as-nails ace reporter.

I hate that Batmobile.

Is that kid ok? Last I saw him, DA Revlon Girl was holding her hand over his eyes.

What is with the Brooding Philosopher crap? "It's not who I am underneath... but what I do that defines me." I'm guessing that's a reference to an earlier conversation between Bruce and Mrs. Tom Nutjob.

Ah, Joker tease. I vaguely remember reading about that. Interesting that Gordon implies that Batman is more or less responsible for the inevitable rise of the costumed super-villain.

You know, Gary Oldman was the only thing worth watching in the entire half hour.

I honestly didn't hold a great deal of anticipation for The Dark Knight... and seeing this did nothing to improve that.