Armchair Visconti: What I DID like about The Dark Knight

• Heath Ledger's performance. Everything the Joker could and should be. It's like he's in a better movie running alongside this one and he shows up every now and again to show people how it's done.
• The first 20 minutes. Lean and mean, their success is betrayed by what comes next.
• Russian Ballerinas. 'nuff said.
• Bruce Wayne's Armani suits.
• Lamborghinis.
• Lucius.
• The batmobile saying "Goodbye" just before it blows up.
• Trucks flipping over.
• Operation Skyhook.
• Disappearning pencils.