a dark knight during the light of day

so the man of the house wanted to go see the new batman movie on friday. i certainly didn't object since: 1. i enjoyed the last one; and, 2. christian bale is a beautiful, beautiful man. since, in some ways, i am like an 80 year old woman, matinees and early dinners are my friends. being the party animal that i sometimes can be, we went to a 5:00 PM show (yes, this is considered a "late" movie for me). we saw that all the later showings were already sold out--not that it would have impacted when we would see it. there was a little setup in the center of the theater's foyer that was roped to form a queue for each evening showing of the movie (the movie was showing every 30 minutes or so). as we were casually heading towards the theater in which we would be watching the film--no line needed for the 5:00 PM show--i noticed the type of thing that sometimes makes me shake my head at the human race. what i assumed was a father and son go to the front of the roped section and set up lawn chairs. to be clear on this, they actually brought lawn chairs to sit at the front of the line. yes, these guys were sitting at the front of a then non-existent line for a future showing when they could have easily gone, sans the lawn chairs, to the 5:00 PM show that was playing in the theater just to their immediate rights. the man of the house and i brought no lawn chairs, purchased no advanced tickets, showed up at around 4:30 PM and got to sit in good seats to watch the entire movie before these guys. methinks these two probably waited in line for a new iphone, too.

on to the movie. the man of the house can't say enough about the greatness of this movie. i enjoyed it, too, but felt: 1. it was a little too long for my tastes; and, 2. christian bale's beautiful face was covered too often by that mask. heath ledger was brilliantly creepy as the joker. it certainly demonstrated what a real talent he was. one thing that very much confused me was why the mayor of gotham was wearing so much eyeliner. was that part of his character? did the mayor of gotham (who, coincidentally, played "batmanuel" in "the tick") have a circa 1980s simon lebon fettish? it was about as confusing to me as why christian bale's voice turns to one of a 300 pound man who just walked 3 flights of stairs as soon as he puts on the bat suit. anyhow, minor confusions aside, since i have two thumbs to offer, i give it two thumbs up!