i saw it last night and i thought it was pretty good - i thought heath ledger totally owned the joker - he was excellent - and i thought christian bale was an great batman. personally i'm glad that there wasn't more horror or gore - i don't really like it, especially if it's sadist - i find that a bit lame.

i thought it was way too preachy though, just like the first one (which i only saw yesterday morning), the ending didn't make much sense to me and i felt that the editing was a bit choppy and there were a few plot holes.

i know they used a lot of elements from the comics, but i'd still really like to see someone make a faithful movie of 'year one' - i think that graphic novel is a lot darker than even the newer batman movies and i think it would a great film.

overall though, i really liked the dark knight - i think they did a pretty good job.