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Dark Knight of the Soul (Updated)

I haven't gone to see the new Batman movie, Dark Knight. I don't know if I will.

Please be advised that it is violent and spiritually dark (rated only PG-13). The violence is a 7 out of 10 on kids-in-mind.com. Here is a review from a Christian perspective on Focus on the Family's "Plugged Online" site.

For those who go, I'd be interested in your feedback. Were you shaken? Was the Batman decision to lie and otherwise compromise his values in order to defeat unmitigated evil a metaphor for our time?

What are your thoughts? Feel free to post here.

Update 7/22: Here is an NPR interview where Christopher Bale (who played Batman) talks about wrestling with thoughts of "great violence."