[MikeWaters]

I finally saw it.

One thought I had in that film is that there are a few people here on this board whom I am pretty sure would have pushed that button.

I do believe that this was the best comic movie of any in memory, in terms of being particularly suited to its time. I liked the article in the Slate.com review which said something like "Christopher Nolan and his brother have done more astute thinking about terrorism than the entire Bush administration in seven years."

A film that addresses the moral cost of defeating a terrorist by becoming like that terrorist is close to my heart. See Munich. This movie was a case of Hollywood Liberals really putting forward a compelling argument that if we go too far, we lose what we stand for. Even if the enemy is vanquished, we have become the same as the enemy. That is, if Batman vanquishes the Joker, but becomes the Joker in the process, then the Joker achieved what he wanted.

Pelagius has said that he feels the movie is relatively irrelevant as social commentary, but does not explain why.

Like Rashomon, The Dark Night teaches that all are corruptible, but that some try harder than others to do the right thing. And that what appears to be good may be evil (Dent), and what appears to be evil may be good (prisoner on ship). That it is more important to be moral, than to be alive (those on ships).

This is why I would expect the usual suspects to be disturbed by this film, something nags at them, and they can't explain exactly how this film is subversive. I hope my post had enlightened the some of you who were disturbed. It's because it embraces a wholly different vision of morality than you believe.