The Dark Knight did a great job with emotion or internal reaction to stressful occurrences.

The best movies are ones that show the reaction to the actions of antagonists.

And this one adding the "dimension" of dreams ought to allow for some really great scenes.

I've always felt that Cinema and Dreams are a match made in 3D Heaven.

Scott, you're onto something that I've been having thoughts about recently. Take for instance the pattern of these (made and in development) stories: avatar, inception, source-code, blank slate. New sub-sub genre indeed...

The Dark Knight is probably the worst films I have ever seen in terms of translating character's internal thoughts and feelings to the audience. SO many characters do weird things and I have no idea why.

We're never let in on what Batman's motives really are. Does he love Rachael or not? We don't know. Why does he believe that he must put down the cape and stop being batman? He does this, but we don't know why. Why did he believe his only hope for no longer having to be Batman rested in Harvey? And why did he feel all hope was lost for his goal of no longer being Batman when Harvey vanished from the Hospital to become a psychotic killer? We have absolutely no idea. Where are the scenes that show us Bruce Wayne's desire/need to put down the cape and live a normal life? I don't understand why Bruce put down the bat suit in the first place. We were never given that information.

If Nolan wants his audience to have an emotional connection with the characters, the first step is letting us know why they act the way they do and why they make certain decisions. If I don't understand anybody's motivation to do anything, it is literally impossible for me to care on an emotional level.

Ryan, I agree with you. I was disappointed that Batman got over Rachel's death so quickly, it was barely a blip on the radar.

First, Batman is a HERO. Heroes dn't cry in their milk for half an hour.

As far as why he thought of "putting down the cape" was because the Joker was killing people. You know he loved Rachel when he told her "Gotham no longer needs Batman, let's do this."

The discussion with Alfred about the bandit was the scene of Batman's "limit."

You can't show every little thing. You only have 2 hours. Choose excitement over exposition.