Dark Knight

So I went to see Dark Knight last night and, although it was a very good movie, I think that the hype oversold it slightly. I was expecting more twists and conspiracies than there ended up being. As others have said, however, Ledger's role as the Joker was the highlight of the movie. He was by far the most fully developed character with whom the audience resonated with the most. I think Cami put it best, saying that he was so magnetic because he had a realistic, accurate philosophy which was so interesting because it was coming out of the archetype of insanity. Batman, as you may have guessed, was more one dimensional with his rigid codes of ethics that had less of a moral foundation than did the Joker; but that's a legacy of Batman's character that is unavoidable. The Superman syndrome is just less interesting than the Joker's clear window into humanity. I think there was an attempt to make Batman seem more conflicted as he wrestled with whether or not to kill his enemies, torture for information, and warantlessly wiretap in the name of security, but those elements all seemed forced or cliche.