The Dark Knight vs Iron Man *poll

[JamesKurtovich]

Iron Man, for its solid structure, pacing, casting, and script.

1. Better main actor (Bale can't hold a candle to Robert Downey, Jr.) and better supporting lady. Obviously, Heath Ledger blew Jeff Bridges away (who also made a fantastic villain), but not enough to tip the scales toward TDK.

2. I also have to give it to Iron Man, because it was the very first Iron Man film. It was the "coming to be" story, whereas Batman was already established in Begins.

3. The hero himself. Both Iron Man and Batman are supposed to be ordinary humans with extraordinary capabilities due to the gadgets they possess.. in this respect Iron Man is simply more believable. Batman, for some reason in Nolan's reboot is obviously empowered to some degree with superhuman strength. He can crush a moving van with nothing but his legs and can also fall hundreds of feet with someone on top of him and not suffer a scratch.

4. Pacing. Iron Man had the perfect runtime. The Dark Knight was excessive with it quickly turning Harvey Dent into 2-Face and having him quickly be some sort of bad guy until he died. It added an extra hour to the film when it could've ended with him in the hospital or escaping just after Joker blew it up. This would've left us with a solid, established villain for a third installment.

5. Script. The Joker had some of the BEST lines that'll be remembered for a while.. and that's unique for a film like this. I have a feeling that people will be saying, "Why so serious?" for years. But the dialogue from Oldman's character, along with some of the secondary characters that seem compelled to tell the viewer EVERYTHING that is going on as if we can't get it by ourselves. I simply hate it when a movie does this.