I saw TDK on Friday and was very disappointed. No significant plot, no great acting, let alone Oscar winning and it's too long (but feels even longer). There's too much violence, too little humour and no real substance to the movie. Other than that I suppose it's ok for the kids, knives excepted.

Stuart, Sutton Coldfield, UK

Gary Oldman. All others are caroons.

M Khan, Peterborough, UK

The dark knight was the best film i ever saw.
Would like to see it a thousand times.

alasdair lindsay, fraserburgh, scotland

how anybody can say that heath ledger is a good joker is unbeleivable, all he does is lick his lips and carry around a potato peeler, I am so dissapointed at this remake - Jack Nichelson was far far better, far more dark and far more believable. Bring Back Jack

nick bacon, london,

Great film! Heath leadgers proformance is Oscar winning, But in my opinion it is a very dark movie for under ten's, the film is very dark,depressing and somtimes very violent. especially in the first five minuits in the bank raid scene. But, it's a wonderful film.

Andrew, Newcastle, UK

Wonderful, but, everything in the film played second fiddle to an astonishing performance from Heath Ledger. If he'd given this performances in an obscure Scandanavian satire they'd write books about it. Let's hope that "bob, New Jersey" & his ilk do not prevail & the actor is rewarded & remembered.

Paul S Rowlston, Bristol, UK

The film is good, the performances excellent, but it is not without its flaws, mainly involving Two-Face. Eckhart plays the role well but the makeup strays too far from the realism Nolan strives for, and the Dent-Joker-Batman interplay makes the film 30 mins too long for the darker film it is.

Robert Bush, Cambridge, UK

I'm glad the Times have given TDK the score it deserves but as with so many of the broadsheet critics you've done little more than describe the plot and a few scenes. As you rightly mentioned, comic book movies have moved on and I'm afraid so must the critics who review them.

Him, Everywhere,

It's not a kid's film. Not from the bleak characterisation to the dark set pieces. There are many moments that make you gasp not because you have never seen anything of their ilk before but because you never seen anything like it in a supposed child friendly summer blockbuster.

George Verghese, Sutton, United Kingdom

Can't believe all the intellectual posing around what is essentially a cartoon film with some explosions for its core audience of adolescent boys.....Keith ledger, Oscar? do me a favour

bob, New Jersey, USA

I hope when people consider Heath's Joker, they think back to another astonishing, inspired performance in the Bat movies.... Michelle Pfieffer's Catwoman.
Are people so willing to forget that Heath is not to first to transcend the genre?

Alex Green, Northants, England

Burton's films were NOT intended to be camp - people forget that they were shocking in '89 (Look at the cover of Empire #1)...all we had then was 60's Batman.

They look camp now but at the time they most definitely were not - they invented the "12" certificate for it!

J.Wilkes, Gloucestre,

I really wish the comparisons with Jack Nicholson's Joker would stop! The Tim Burton-directed movies were intended to be camp - they are classics in their own right. This is the Batman for today and it's genius...but the Christopher Nolan movies should not be compared to a great movie from 1989.

Melissa, Montgomery, Ala., USA

I have read more than one reviewer who believes that the Joker's scars came from his father. But there is no real evidence of this in the film. He tells different origin stories depending on the moment. The Joker's madness is stronger for us because we don't know where it really comes from.

Fletcher, New York, US