The Dark Knight

(Spoiler Alert: Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie, yet.) I saw it Saturday night with Elliott and I thought it was FANTASTIC! It has been a LONG time since I've gone to see any sort of Super Hero Flick. I haven't seen any of the Spiderman movies, and I don't really care for Hell Boy or any of that shiz-but, being as macabre as I am, I had to go see Heath's last performance. Heath did an incredible job with the Joker - you're going to be hearing this over and over-and that's because it's true. He truly chilled me. He was very convincing as a lunatic, and I can absolutely see how his immersion in this role was the beginning of his end. He was literally sick with sleeplessness and had been medicating himself to find any sort of rest - all of which supposedly started during his role at the Joker. The entire plot line seemed to ask the question "is man really inherently bad or good?"-This really resonated with me. What a powerful message for Heath's last role. Throughout the film we get to examine what it is that occurs when man is faced with difficult decisions. Sadly, we often saw the nastiness of human nature. I'm glad they still encourage us to hope for man's better tendencies, but I find myself leaning more toward believeing that the darkness in the human race is winning - kinda like the Joker was saying... I was wondering why they decided to make batman ride a motorcycle this time (the pod) - but figured out why in that really cool sequence when he ejects from the batmobile tank looking thing! That rocked! His cape flapping in the wind behind the "Bat Pod"- visually, it was just incredible. In that instant, Christian Bale epitomizes Super Hero to me. It's interesting the way the left the Joker hanging, literally, in the end. Makes me wonder what they had intended to do with that character, and if they'll bring back a different actor to carry the role. I doubt seriously if they'd ever do that - unless they figured a way to do it tastefully. Same thing with Two Face/Harvey Dent. I don't follow all the Batman movies, so I really don't know the backstory of Two Face, but I can officially say the twist in that plot: That was CRAZY! I'm wondering where that's gonna lead-but, I'd say the good side-Harvey's side is dead, wouldn't you? Quite possibly, he'll be the next nemesis. Overall, I loved it! I am so glad we went to see it! Who knew that modern day movies can play out like a morality play? Did you see it? What did you think?