Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late.

I just got back from Dark Knight. It was pretty spectacular. Heath Ledger is without a doubt the best joker ever, past or future, and made the joker live up to his status as best villain of all time. I'm super good at giving away things without meaning to, so i'll just say this: Batman dies. That's all i'm going to say, so hopefully that won't ruin anything.

But yeah, it was really great. I hope Christopher Nolan continues making Batman movies, he does such a better job than the late 90's garbage or even (dare i say it) Tim Burton. It doesn't hurt that i have a giant man-crush on Christian Bale. I saw Rescue Dawn last night, which was intense and intensely good. I have a hard time imagining many more of the villains in Nolan's grungy, realistic style. Mr. Freeze couldn't cut it, the penguin is definitely a no-go. At least they're not as hopeless as the spiderman movies. They've killed off every good villain, and didn't even give the greatest villain, Venom, a full movie to be awesome in.

So, i have this theory that most coincidences aren't that big a deal. If you think about all the times that the perfect thing didn't happen at the perfect moment, the amount of non-coincidental happening are pretty overwhelming. That being said, as i was walking up the steps after getting home from batman, a bat flew right in front of me, only a couple feet away. That was pretty unexpected, and it just made the night even cooler.

So, in summation: See Batman, it will change your life, or at least a couple hours of your life.

oh, p.s.- This is definitely a PG-13 batman, it was very dark, and more than a little gruesome. Not the sort of thing i would want to subject an 8 year old to.