TDK: Quick thoughts, no spoilers

First, I will state Christopher Nolan has made a near perfect movie and hands down created the best super hero movie; this guy can do no wrong. Now, to the problems. TDK is no Brett Ratner joint, Nolan squeezes in substance: political and social commentary from the war on terror and wire-tapping to human nature and the classic good vs. evil/nature of evil that he explored somewhat in Batman Begins. Unfortunately, Nolan perhaps overdoes it, without exploring any topic with much clarity. This surfaces in the film with "with great power comes great responsibility"esque dialogue. I would have wanted a bit more subtlety, if anything, TDK is, at times, overly bombastic and and melodramatic. In any other movie, certain plot elements and dialogue in TDK would be considered cheesy or campy. It is one of those movies that has a major flaw which can be ignored because it is so spectacular in every other way (The Fountain).

Finally, I don't know if it's just me, but as in Batman Begins, I think Christian Bale overplays The Batman (Eckhert does this too somewhat as The Harvey Dent). I know this is a darker Batman, but your voice doesn't need to go from normal as Bruce Wayne to three octaves lower and grating as The Batman. It reminded me of an episode of 30 Rock where Tina Fey jokes on the baritone voices of Will Arnett and Alex Baldwin saying that they should, in a low voice, "have a competition talking like this." I prefer Michael Keaton's melancholy portrayal of The Batman.
And Heath Ledger gave a DDL:TWBB level performance. His performance is too good; it distracts from everything else.

Oh yeah, Watchmen trailer premiered! I was surprised that at my midnight (12:30) screening with predominantly nerdy, teenage boys there was only one cheer. I need to read this again. Looks like the film is in good hands (though I wouoldn't call Snyder a "visionary" director).