In Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” Batman’s virtue as a hero is constantly being tested by his opposite, the Joker. Despite the horrible acts that Joker does, Batman is unable and unwilling to take the villain’s life. At the same time, he asks why the madman wants to kill him. Joker’s response is unexpected and shocking: “I don’t want to kill you!... You… you... complete me” (IMDB). These words, however chilling they may seem, are very true. There could be no good without evil, no light without
The movie “The Dark Knight”, released in 2008, and is based on famous DC comic books. The film is about a superhero with no superpowers of any sort; he is just a human being with ordinary skills to fight crime in Gotham City. In The Dark Knight, there are many characters that has cast in the movie, but there is two main characters that have made the movie interesting and what unique traits they have as the movie characters. The characters are Heath Andrew Ledger as “The Joker” and Christian Charles
For my essay I will be analysing the cinematography of the opening sequence The Dark Knight, I also will be focusing on some of the mise-en-scene of the film. The opening scene of the film starts with a bank heist where the Joker, along with five other men, rob a bank wearing clown masks and then slowly get killed off one by one, leaving only the Joker escaping on a school bus. I have chosen this scene because ithe opening scene sets out one of the most popular and effective character introductions
personal choices but if blurred then an individual might change dramatically. In Christopher Nolan’s film The Dark Knight Harvey Dent is a District Attorney who is willing to fight the mob during the day paralleling Batman who fights them during the night. During the war with the mob Harvey Dent is named the White Knight creating a dualism between Batman the Dark Knight and Harvey Dent the White Knight. Harvey Dent and his love Interest are kidnapped by the Joker, Batman goes to save Rachel but instead saves
Gaelle Emmanuel October 6th 2015 English Composition 101 Jacqueline Morrill The Good, the Bat, and the Ugly Director Christopher Nolan stated that the major theme of the 2008 film, The Dark Knight, was to be a sense of escalation and the idea that things have to get worse before they get better. To achieve escalation, the Joker (played by the late Heath Ledger) would be introduced into the film as its primary antagonist and the protagonist is Batman (played by Christian Bale). Another major
to get back up”. Each villain in the movie plays a role in this statement given to Bruce by his father. In Batman Begins the Scarecrow plays the role of defining and building Batman as a vigilante while in the Dark Knight the Joker plays the role of making Batman fall and in the Dark Knight Rises Bane plays the role of making Batman learn to get back up. In Batman begins the villain, Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, is a psychoparmacologist who creates a fear inducing toxin which he uses along with his persona
Yet again the Batman is here disguised as ‘The Dark Knight’, a couragous, considerate and cunning hero, who possesses the agility of a hawk eager to hunt. This film truly did not disappoint, and from explosive to heartbreaking scenes, The Dark Knight has it all. Christopher Nolan undoubtedly and astonishingly projected how destructive the convicts of Gotham City can be, specifically the pernicious Joker, an evil mastermind of destruction, power and insensitivity, who left the once peaceful city of
wouldn’t you bend the rules and break a few laws to make sure it all went in your favor? Batman is the anti-hero because he goes outside the law to protect the citizens of Gotham, he does this because of selfish reasons instead of being selfless. The Dark Night uses the idea of how far one is willing to bend the rules in time of emergency. Batman strives to be the hero, to save everyone. The madness has been unleashed and at this point it seems nearly impossible to go back to being a normal society
Carmine Falcone: You're taller than you look in the tabloids, Mr. Wayne. [one of Falcone's attendant bodyguards gives Bruce a rough going-over to check for weapons but comes up with nothing] Carmine Falcone: No gun? I'm insulted! You could have just sent a thank-you note. Bruce Wayne: I didn't come here to thank you. I came here to show you that not everyone in Gotham's afraid of you. Carmine Falcone: Only those who know me, kid. Look around you: you'll see two councilmen, a union official, a couple
Similarly, Natasha harnesses the truth as well as her own emotional vulnerabilities. She reveals honest facts about her past to foster connections. Bruce comments on a child she involved, "They’re starting that young now?” and she responds, “I did,” in an attempt to evoke sympathy. Again, as Bruce calls himself a monster, she reassures him by presenting her forced sterilization as evidence of her own monstrosity. After all, if he can forgive her and view her as human, he can do the same for himself