I agree with the former. Ledgers performance was amazing. As for the plot? Notsomuch. I watch it and my thumb is constantly hovering over the fast forward button to get to the joker bits. He has such an amazing presence on screen i dont want to see anything else, certainly not a trudging, means to an end story. Rises was about as uncompelling as DK. But minus any villains or characters with decent screen presence. Bane was ruined by his voice, catwoman was a missed opertunity, the twist basically devalued banes involvement, he bacame just another henchman. I dunno, didn't do anything for me. Never want to watch it again that's for sure.
Well, you're definitely in the minority, especially when it comes to TDK.
I have a short list of Batman films I think you might like.
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin