I just saw “The Dark Knight [1]” again, this time with a bunch of friends including Joe, whom I hadn't seen in two years [2]—he was in town for the weekend). Even though I've seen the movie before [3], Joe hadn't (which is why we all went) and hey, it was worth seeing again.
Afterwards as we all sat at Moonlight Diner (formerly the Starlite Diner) talking about the film, an interesting point was raised—both the Joker and the Batman are hypocrites. In the film, the Batman is for law and order, yet runs around in reaction to everything, improvising as he goes along with no real plan, breaking the law and order that he so cherishes. The Joker, on the other hand, preaches that random chance rules the day and he goes through his various capers with no plan, yet everything he does is planned in meticulous detail and leaves almost nothing to chance (except for one scene with Harvey Dent). It was an interesting point I hadn't noticed.