(Free) Movie Thoughts: The Dark Knight

Yesterday evening, my department at work held a movie night with the promise of a free meal as well. It seemed a good thing to go out and socialise with my coworkers outside of regular hours, but neither of the titles announced quite seemed to compel me to see them... although in the end, I decided it would be a chance to see the late show of The Dark Knight at last. Unfortunately, it still meant coming up against a quirk, or failing, of mine. When a work of popular entertainment starts getting very widely praised and I haven't yet formed an opinion of my own about it, it seems that some contrarian streak in me emerges and I wind up more or less uninterested in it... it affected me with the "Lord of the Rings" movies (although I did get taken to those, to wind up being suspicious of certain changes between the books and the movies), with the "Spider-Man" movies, and perhaps this year with Iron Man as well... No doubt, of course, it has something to do with my being interested in other works of popular entertainment that aren't quite so exalted. (The same thing can happen for me with anime titles as well.)
( Still, it wouldn't cost anything... )