I have to warn you, I’m going to review The Dark Knight and I’m undoubtedly going to discuss plot elements that you won’t want to know prior to seeing the flick. So unless spoilers are your sort of thing, perhaps this one paragraph breakdown will suffice.

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It’s good. It’s damn good. It’s damn good like Iron Man was damn good, except that John Favreau had the luck of releasing his baby prior to this film’s release. Not that Dark Knight is better overall, it’s just that… alright, it probably is better overall, but I’ll have to watch both again before I make that sort of statement. What I can say is that Dark Knight isn’t just a great comic book movie, it’s a great movie. Rather than spending his time focusing on the main character (Bats) and giving us the story primarily from his perspective, Nolan gave an incredible amount of celluloid to the other characters as well. And for once, that wasn’t a bad thing. Especially since, though he is excellent at playing both an emotionless facade and a cocky rich asshole, Christian Bale was the least of the main performances. That’s not to say that it’s bad, it’s just that we already spent an entire movie on his issues before; all we need now is to see him being a rich prick by day, then stuff him into some spandex and chuck him off a building right after sundown. Besides, with the excellent performances by Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckheart, Bale was probably better off sitting this one out.

If you’re interested in reading my spoilery thoughts on the flick, stick around. Just be patient for a bit. I’m not a Goddamned machine, to just turn on and crank out editorial content. I need a soda to press on, you fucking slavedriver.