The Dark Knight

So I saw The Dark Knight in IMAX on Saturday. The movie was amazing! The acting, script, effects and everything else was great. I have since been really wanting to see it again. I'll probably see it tomorrow. I had a question about if the movie was worth seeing in the dollar theater. It is worth seeing in the expensive theater. IMAX was incredible. If you just want to go to an ordinary theater that would be fine also. I wouldn't wait for the dollar theater on this one.

*Spoiler Alert - I will discuss themes from the movie and am going to spoil things if you haven't seen it yet*

A lot of people have been talking about what to do with future films. One of the strengths of these films is that they are around themes so the films work as a whole. So I was thinking about the themes in the movie. It had a lot to do with opposites and specifically good vs. evil. Here are some pairs:
Gotham's White Knight (Harvey) : The Dark Knight (Batman)
The Joker : Batman
The two sides of Two-Face
The two sides of Two-Face's coin
Boat of convicts : Boat of ordinary citizens
The hostages at the end were reversed (clowns and doctors)
Batman being liked by police and citizens (even to the point of copying) : Batman being hunted at the end

There are of course other pairs. Using Two-Face strengthened the theme of opposites and opposition.

Escalation was another theme with the Joker doing more and more violent and destructive things.

I could go on - but I'm not going to. The movie was great and I definitely need to see it again.