[aruanan]

I saw it last night and it was pretty good. There was no reason, though, for Batman to have copped to the 5 murders that Dent committed. In order that the people of Gothago not lose confidence in their officials? As though with all the crime in Gotham no cops or aldermen had ever been corrupted. Better that they have the example of a dead corrupted Dent and a live incorruptible Batman than the other way around. Batman and Commissioner Gordon were discussing how it was important that the people have someone they can believe in and then finished by saying that the people needed a bad guy to believe in and that bad guy was Batman because he could take it. That was a bit weak, though it left things open to a sequel. Too bad Ledger died; he was a GREAT bad guy.

[FreeManWhoCan]

I got to see it on Thursday 730pm in Miami and the movie was fantastic. Heath does deserve an academy award and Christian Bale was excellent. There's a scene where the Batman is lurking in a corner by the Gordon's house that seemed to be pulled right out of a comic book. The actor playing Harvey Dent was excellent as well and I am surprised no one is mentioning his performance. Superman 2 was a great movie I must agree but its time has passed and now The Dark Knight will be considered the best superhero movie ever made.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Yeah, I too thought that Batman's assumption of Dent's guilt was really weak, since he and Gordon could have just blamed those murders all on the Joker, who by that time ahd amassed a pretty serious body count.

And yeah, Heath Ledger surprised me by playing the Joker exceptionally well as probably the most chaotically evil dude to ever appear on screen.