Before I took a trip to the movies yesterday, I checked out how The Dark Knight faired on Rotten Tomatoes, a Website known for being a harsh critic on movies. To my surprise, The Dark Knight had achieved 94% on the “tomatometer”, which actually makes it one of the most highly rated movies on the site.

Armed with my ticket I entered the theater and braced myself for an unforgettable experience. Oddly enough, I am among the 6% who did not enjoy the movie, and I even wish I could forget the experience.

As far as the characters go, I think the actors did a good job, but in my case, this is a bad thing. The Joker, played by Heath Ledger, seemed like such a creep that it was hard for me to keep my eyes on the screen while they focused on him. I felt like all of the voices were low and monotonous, often hard to understand over all of the action scenes. Critics credit this movie for being very “deep”, but all I can think is that they confused this word with “dark”. I might be more content with the movie if there were a glimmer of light or an ounce of casual humor in it. Alas, there was neither. I found myself listening to line after line of sadistic comments spewing from the mouth of The Joker. I felt I never would be set free from his evil, twisted manners.

In an article on MailOnline, Chris Tookey wrote, “It doesn’t fight terror, it embraces it.” I couldn’t put that into better words. It’s like no one in the film would just stop The Joker’s madness. The problem is that the movie is also longer than the average movie: 2.5 hours. When I had to use the bathroom during the movie, I found myself not caring that I missed a segment of the movie. (That has never happened to me before.)

I’d like to conclude by saying that if you’re specifically into action, this movie will not disappoint you; the special effects are fantastic, but I cannot say that for the rest of the movie.