It's worth seeing. If for no other reason than the movie will surprise you. It's been so long since there was a movie that actually broke with the standard mold.
The Joker was portrayed very well.
I found it better than Iron Man. Iron Man was fun and like a guided tour of making a battle-suit. Dark Knight was gripping and kept you guessing. No one else knew what the Joker would do and that dread hung over the film, and was conveyed to the viewer.
This is a movie that should not be spoiled. The events are not ones someone with half a brain can figure out, so the spoilers actually mean something.
All the characters were great. The movie dealt with tragedy, heroism (what it does and does not mean), and evil.
A releated link from Cathy
Here are my thoughts before seeing the movie
Broadly speaking the initial comparison seems apt. In specifics it falls apart.
What's more interesting is the economic angle. How movies like Batman and 300 are popular and thus profitable, while the vast litany of anti-war films are all flops.
That shows that most Americans wouldn't want to pay good money to be lectured about how evil and wasteful they are, provided it's preach and boring and clumsy. Do it in a clever and fun way and you have Wall-E (which is an endorsement of making your idea appealing instead of preachy).
After seeing the movie. I'm not sure the political comparison is so apt. But I underestimated how stark and deliberate the movie is. The movie shows that evil exists and it doesn't need a reason, and for good or ill, it must be fought.
"Some men don't want anything logical, they can't be bribed, bullied or bargained with, some men just want to watch the world burn." -Alfred.
If you were planning on seeing it, see it sooner rather than later.
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