We saw The Dark Knight last night, partly just to see what all the hoopla was about. The theater was full in the second week of release.

I thought Ledger's Joker was great. A super hero movie needs a really scary, threatening villain to make me suspend belief and get into the story; otherwise I just sit there in the dark and think, "Hey, I'm sitting here in the dark watching a story about a billionaire running around at night in a rubber bat suit and beating up guys. What's the deal with that?" Ledger's psychotic Joker was plenty scary enough pull me into the story. I especially liked that they left him a bit enigmatic instead of creating an elaborate backstory.
- Phil