Just saw Dark Knight

For the non-spoiler part of this port, it was good. Intense, well crafted, thought provoking and good. Not FUN, mind you, and NOT a PG-13 movie. Sure, there's no vulgarity and no sex, but it's violent, sometimes brutally so, and deals with very mature themes. This is an R rated film anywhere other than the US, where the premium concern for protecting young children is in bad language and bared breasts. Do not take your 8 year old to this thinking it's "just like the Batman Animated Series." 

( Now, on to the spoiler-rific stuff )

All told, I liked it a lot. The Nolan/Bale Batmans are entirely different animals from the Burton/Keaton ones - they were serving different masters and different images of the hero, so it's unfair to directly compare them, but I think that the Nolan/Bale ones will stand up better over time. Bale has said he's on board for a third; Nolan has not, but then, he wasn't on board for the second.