For as bad as this movie is, there was a comment on io9 that actually had some valid points. This was the most tonally consistent of all of the pre-Nolan Batman films. The villains had motivations that made sense. The Gotham did have a great comic book look. And the whole "what is Batman if not an attempt to control death" conversation was pretty insightful about the character.
It's just too bad that was all wrapped up in a turd of a movie.