First there was her assertion that Knocked Up features “nonexistence of abortion as an option,” which was, on its face, an absurd notion. Then this, on The Dark Knight:

In short, Chris Nolan does more nuanced thinking about the war on terror than we’ve seen from the Bush administration in seven years. And despite a falsely heroic closing speech from Gary Oldman’s character, police Lt. Jim Gordon, the movie seems to arrive at much the same conclusion about Batman as Americans have about Bush: Thanks to this guy, we’re well and thoroughly screwed.

Leaving aside the asinine, obligatory Bush-bashing (he’s a dunce! I’m so morally superior!), the last sentence is, simply, wrong. That’s not at all the conclusion reached by Jim Gordon or the movie. I don’t want to spoil the ending, but that’s not at all how the movie wraps up. It ends with a moment of monumental self-sacrifice, a moment that defines Batman as both the hero Gotham City wants and needs.

This is what happens when you let politics trump your critical faculties. It’s why I hate it when conservatives get self-righteous about the little things in movies (demonizing pollution in Wall*E, excessive cursing in Hancock, etc.)…because then we start sounding like Dana Stevens. And nobody wants that.