the dark knight

i liked the dark night, upon reflection. but while it was actually happening, when i was actually in the theater, there were a number of moments where "action" was occurring, but it just wasn't "interesting." i like the stories of commissioner gordon, how he got to be where he was, two face, and so on. the joker. and it is made a bit more strange, upon reflection, knowing that heath ledger died after the filming of this movie. it's a hard movie to watch in some ways, but all in all i think i got my money's worth. as to the allegation that it is a "dark" movie, well, it is supposedly violent, but not really over the top. i say supposedly because a movie can portray violence without the feeling of actual violence being involved. so yes as an illusion it is "dark" whatever that means, but only as an illusion. you get used to it fairly quickly and i don't think it's as "dark" as people say it is.