"The Dark Knight" with 8 Germans

(image from ReelMovies.com)

In heading out to see "The Dark Knight" for £3 Tuesday's at the local theater last night, I mentioned to Steffanie (from Germany and a fellow believer) that the movie deals a lot with right and wrong choices. In reflecting on it though, I think a broader description would be that it deals with choices in general. The Joker makes up a new story each time he tells someone about the scars on his face, so we never know what really happened, but he chooses to make that a part of his story and, perhaps, justification for his actions. Harvey Dent chooses to go out for revenge, when he had the choice to not crumble into a bitterness lust for vengence. Batman struggles with several choices throughout - turning himself in, continuing to fight, etc.

Probably the most interesting choice of all is the choices between the two ferries. In a movie where human life is no big deal to the Joker and even Batman has his very dark moments, these two ferries choose to not kill one another, even under threat of their own death.

Side note: In walking back, I was talking with Mattias from Germany who said he didn't like the idea of one man being the the strong and powerful to fight for everyone else. I understand what he's saying and why he says it, but it does strike me as interesting, since the idea of the ubermenschen (the "overman") came from German philosophical thought.