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Yes, I know that a good movie reviewer doesn't include spoilers in his review for the risk of losing readers. I personally don't give a flying bat's ass. I'm just writing this because it's fun. Now, here's the review. The Dark Knight is 152 minutes (2.5 hrs), rated PG-14, and is guaranteed to make you wait THREE hours in line. I actually did wait out the three long, tedious hours, and in that time, encountered Bat-Fans and normal fans that threatened my coveted place (4th, woot!) in the line. There was this guy telling me to go to the back of the line even though I was there like an hour before him and various other people who thought that they could mess with this Twelve year-old boy waiting alone in the line. They guessed wrong. Or I guessed wrong, as with the exception of looking at me funny, they didn't try to take my spot. I'm really glad they didn't, cause I have no idea how I'd enjoy Batman with a swollen eye. After being finally let into the theater, me and my dad (PG-14-Remember??) quickly found some of the best seats in the room. The movie itself was better than the Hype implied, and was a lot more brutal than I expected it to be. So here was Lt. Gordon, chatting with the Joker, casually asking about the Joker's plans. Gordon went for a cup of coffee, and Joker said "Is this the good cop/bad cop routine?" And Gordon's reply was "Not exactly.". At that moment, the lights went on in the dark room, and there was Batman behind the Joker and no sooner than a second after the light went on, Batman's hand darted out and smashed Joker's head on the metal table. Joker replied in his usual masochistic way, saying "Why do you hero-types always start with the head? It gets me all woozy". And in reply to that, Batman said something about Harvey Dent (Not important) and then quickly began the beat up. After Batman was finished with the Joker, his interrogation room was a bit worse for wear, dings on the furniture (Joker's head), and a somewhat shattered window. Also Joker's head. It surprised me how far Batman was willing to go in order to save somebody he cared for. I'm not saying who, but I'll tell you that SHE won't live to see the light of the next movie. At the end of that scene, Two-Face was born as well. That was ONE of the most memorable scenes in the Dark Knight, and there were a lot more. At the end of the night, it was finally time to go home. It was almost 2 in the morning and I was higher than .... . Man, I have to go watch it again.
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