The Dark Knight is... dark?

Today I went and saw The Dark Knight. It seems like everyone and their dog had seen it but me, and I wanted in on the action. It's a good movie. A very good movie.

If I were to chose between the old rubber nipple Batman movies, and the new super-dark movies I'd pick the new ones. Ledger was fantastic. Bale was too. It was all good.

Then I realized that someone had brought their wee ones (that's kids for those of you who don't follow my vernacular). I looked it up (I couldn't remember) and the bloody thing is PG-13. Maybe I was a wuss and a mama's boy, but at 13 I was not ready to see that movie.
This is the part where I could go on my standard tirade about why you can get away with the violence and disturbing behavior and still be sub R, but show a nipple (or worse) and you're suddenly too adult for the wee ones. But I'll spare anyone my soap box now. Instead I'll remain quietly baffled.

Then again I was the kid who saw Jaws and became afraid to swim in my grandparents pool at night... in the San Fernando Valley. Ya, definitely a mama's boy.

Anyways. The Dark Knight is good... and dark.