Did you ever comment about that for BATMAN BEGINS?
I mean this complaint isn't exactly new, though there's been more TDK than BB.
I found it hilarious in
Batman Begins, though not as objectionable because the overall tone of that film wasn't as insidious or pretentious as
The Dark Knight.
In commercial terms (
not artistic terms), it makes sense that
Begins leads to
Knight. First, tame, solid film: success; now let's blow them all away with pseudo-intelligence (and dead actor).