15 years since Dark Knight is hard to believe. The week before it came out, I had been in New York City for the first time with some friends to go see a game at Yankee Stadium before they knocked it down.

Late that night as we walked around NYC like the dumb Texans we were/are, 3 of us randomly decided to hop on the Staten Island Ferry and take the trip there and back and see a bit of a closer look at the Statute of Liberty.

Could have knocked me over with a feather a week later seeing those ferries be featured so prominently in the film.

I've told this tale before, but I went to see I Am Legend with a buddy on the IMax in Houston, and they played the opening scene of TDK where the Joker robs the bank as a preview before the movie. When the preview ended I literally could not remember what movie I had come to see, it was such a dazzling preview.

Seeing this movie at its original release in the theaters was the best movie experience I've had in the last 25 years. It just blew me away.