2008/07/19

Dark Knight

I saw the Dark Knight late last night with two circles of friends. The movie was amazing for a multitude of reasons, including phenomenal performances, amazing picture & sound, and posing excellent questions.

I am going to need to see it at least several more times to detail all of the different situational ethics and various other questions that arise during the movie, but I am quite impressed.

Two of my friends were annoyed with what they thought was the only question presented during the movie: "Am I willing to hurt someone else to make things better for myself (or others)." They saw that as a recurring theme but little else. I wonder if this is because they are both strongly collectivist and socialist, and therefore used to thinking and advocating that it is OK to sacrifice a person for the benefit of other(s).

0 comments: