"An Agent of Chaos."

What a concept. That's why this movie both entertained as well as mortified me.

Because Harvey Dent represents what we all hope we can be.

And the Joker represents what we are all capable of.

The chink in Dent's armor, of course, is his extreme hubris. Sure, you can take on Gotham's criminal element en masse.

But should you?

What good are you to Gotham dead? Or, worse yet, half scalded and mentally shredded because of the death of your fiance?

What a fascinating movie! I doubt there will ever be a more compelling SUMMER release in my lifetime.

Totally agree TDK is about Harvey Dent. I actually got in an argument with my buddy about who had more screen time between the three actors.

For a movie about Batman -- Heath Ledger AND Aaron Eckhart have arguably as much face time as Christian Bale. And both, have more compelling story(ies) imho.

I do, however, disagree with the article on the Two Face part.

I think what people are referring to about the Two Face story seeming to be unnecessarily cut short has more to do about him ~~dying~~ than the SFX.

I do agree with the article, in the sense that his story is about which side he will inevitably choose. But when his face is disfigured and he chooses random chance, the flip of a coin, his transformation is complete.

I actually think his story could have ended earlier, simply with him showing up with one of the known bad guys (instead of seeing a chain of them) and flipping a coin -- the last we see of him.

And we wouldn't even need to see the outcome of the coin flip. Leave it as a cliffhanger.

Nice analysis. I thought that the Joker thought that Harvey was Batman until after Batman tried to take down the Joker in the chase scene.