Sweet

I was able to see The Dark Knight yesterday, even pushed myself inside but had to leave halfway through. That's okay, I expected I'd have some pain and fatigue from pushing (that's why I use the Beast 90 per cent of the time) but I just wanted to see it.

Here's a picture of the Batpod, the motorcycle Batman rides. It's a three wheeler with fat tires and weapons attached. There's this great scene where Joker is in a truck with his henchmen battling it out with the good guys in a tunnel. Batman actually goes up a wall, flips, comes back down- motocross riders eat your heart out.

I fell asleep really early tonight so now I'm up at 4:00 a.m. but it was worth it, although like Lance who was also up late writing about the Batman I am bothered by the fact that Batman didn't see through Joker's lies.

How come Batman didn't know the Joker was lying?

When I was twelve one of the things I liked about Batman was his billing: "The World's Greatest Detective."

I don't think he ever did much actual detecting, but the point was that in addition to being a dark knight of vengeance, Batman was pretty smart. I remember one comic book that ended with Batman explaining to Robin how he was able to thwart that issue's bad guy by "staying one step ahead of Johnny Two-Step." This bad guy, Johnny Two-Step, earned his moniker by being essentially a great chess player. He had his opponent's game figured out at least two moves in advance. Batman won by out-thinking him.

So how come he couldn't get one step ahead of the Joker? It was an obvious move!

But in my comic books Batman's in his thirties. He's been at the Batgame for years. He's learned a few things.

How old is he supposed to be in Batman Begins? Early 20's? And only a year has passed when The Dark Knight opens. Is he still making rookie mistakes?

Still, the twelve year old me thinks he should have known. The Joker wasn't going to make it easy for him.

Yeah, the twelve year old in me thinks he should have known too. When I left the movie Joker was getting the upper hand. There's a lot of reasons I'd call this a dark film- and that's the main one.

My summary: the love interest in this film? Not so hot. The opening scenes? Great. The Joker? Outstanding. The nachos? Pretty awful. Alfred? Gotta love Michael Caine. Batman? Well he took a bit of a tumble, super hero wise. Although this comparison to Steve Jobs may help...or not.

But it's a sweet movie. And I don't care how tired I am. Although I am going back to bed.