Huh? The Dark Knight Is ... Dark?!?

Last Friday I gave The Dark Knight a lukewarm review. My chief complaints: At 2 1/2 hours it's longer than the average human bladder's capacity for holding pee, not nearly enough screen time for the Joker, and things dragged whenever he wasn't on screen.

It would seem, though, that I'm in the minority. The film set a number of box office records, including biggest three day opening, biggest single day draw, and biggest midnight midnight screening. And the reaction among most moviegoers has been nothing but positive.

However, there is one small group complaining: Parents of small kids. They're saying that for a so-called "comic book" movie, The Dark Knight is much too violent.

Well.... DUH!!!

The movie is PG-13, folks! It was given that rating for a reason. One mother complained that Hancock was PG-13 also, but it wasn't nearly as violent as Batman. All I can say is that maybe she saw a different version of Hancock than I did. There were some sequences in the second half of that movie that were pretty damn strong.

Parents are always telling kids to do their homework. Well, maybe it's time for parents to start doing their own homework as well.