Dark Knight manages to ask all kinds of creepy important questions about our post 09/11 imaginary, even as it fulfills the formulaic expectations of death, mayhem, a tiny bit of hetero sex, and in the words of Ali G, alot of great "hexplosions". The film belongs to dear, dead Heath Ledger, who manages to be borderline repulsive, cute, scary, child-like, and nietzche-esque all at the same time. A close second is Aaron Eckhart who is tragic, ironic, and really sad. it's a beautiful movie to look at, and it works on a bunch of different levels.