General Info…
Well… for those of you who don’t know, The Dark Knight took place after Batman Begins, and is, in fact, a Batman movie.(now that I’ve got the obvious stuff out of the way) It is Dark, as the title states, and it is very intense and it will pull you into the movie. The Joker (more on him later) is not your typical crazy insane person. From the very first scene of the movie, he is completely intelligent, plots well, and pushes Batman to the limit, toward that line he doesn’t want to cross; murder. Heath Ledger died after this movie of an overdose of prescription drugs. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/bio ) I think this in unsurprising due to the intense, disturbing villain that he plays and had to put himself into.
Joker
Joker is not stupid. He himself says he works for Chaos. If you have a plan, he will try to mess it up. One of the things about Joker is his whole “you wanna know how I got these scars?” routine. He gives 3 different stories. The first one is the most creepy as it happens right before he kills someone. He is in most of the scenes in the movie. My theory on Joker is that he not crazy, he is insane. If anyone has read the book “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, I think Joker is insane the same way Renfield is. He is an interesting character, and easily the creepiest in the movie.
Two-Face
Two-Face became what he is when he got gasoline on the side of his face and a time bomb went off. Batman got him out, but not far enough away to stop the fire from hitting his face. He refused to get skin grafts, and ends up with a pretty messed up (but cool looking) face. Anyone he talks to, he leaves their life to chance, and does kill a couple people. He dies when he threatens to kill Commissioner Gordon’s kid.
General Overview (SPOILER ALERT!)
The movie starts with a bank robbery planned by Joker. He sets off the alarm on purpose before he even gets into the vault. Throughout the robbery, all the characters, except the bus driver (Joker) are killed. The first view of Batman is at a parking garage. He gets ticked at a couple of fake Batmen (the ones using guns), and encounters some dogs. Throughout the rest of the movie, Joker sends cryptic threats (via the body of a dead Batman or “Harvey” “Dent”) He kills (or almost kills) many people including 2 boats with over 30,000 people on each. At the end of the movie, Joker is going to jail (where he will be for as long as HE chooses to stay), Batman is on the run (he needs to become the bad guy for awhile to save the city), Rachel who just got engaged to Harvey Dent (before he became two-face) dies in an explosion caused by Joker) and Harvey Dent is dead after almost killing Commissioner Gordon’s blond son. Note: not a complete summary, simply the parts I chose to underline.
COOLNESS FACTORS!!!! <3
Two-Face looks like he’s ½ a Terminator with that face of his!
That whole using cell phones to make a map… enough said
When they brought Joker into the scene… there were a couple cool moments.
Moral Stuff
Swearing including the use of f*** once.
Evidence of intercourse when Bruce Wayne leaves his party to go into his “panic room”.
What movie doesn’t have some sort of lie?
The two boats with the 30,000 people each…
Batman and his killing line.
Putting a cell phone inside someone? That’s just weird. Therefore, I’m putting it here.
Joker in a skirt. ‘Nough said.
Stupidity Moments (SPOILERS)
Seriously? With the whole hostage thing, why did everyone assume the clowns were the bad guys? With Joker being a criminal genius, why did no one think, “The clowns are in plain sight. What idiot does that? I thought Joker wasn’t an idiot!”
Why o why o why o why, did Batman put the cell phone map in front of his vision. Why not just let Fox guide him. Stupid Batman, almost getting himself killed for x-ray vision!
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A few thoughts. #1 Post your spoiler alert at the beginning! (you gave some key plot away at the Joker information.)
ReplyDelete#2 what's the difference, in your estimation, between crazy and insane? Clearly there is a difference in your mind, but most folks use those words interchangeably. I agree there is "crazy- but not really mentally diagnosed" but for you insane seems to have a dark twistedness to it. Am I reading you correctly?
#3 I guess I missed 60,000 people on boats being murdered... how did that happen? #4 I thought your insight on Heath Ledger's death and the darkness of his character being connected is interesting... probably somethng to that.
#1. i don't think i give much away as "key plot information", but you are entitled to your opinion, and thanks for sharing
ReplyDelete#2 yes i do belive their is a difference. One calls thier freinds crazy, but then there is the line of medically insane.
#3 my point was(spoilier alert) that the people were good people and the 60,000 people didn't die(being a good moral characteristic)
I hated this movie. Why would you watch something that is dark and depressing all the way through? There isn't even a point where there is hope.
ReplyDeleteo.k., common misconception: Heath Ledger died because of the character he played. uh, no. The problem with said theory? 1. Actors "become" the character, but it's like turning on and off a light. The character just doesn't come back on at random times. It's like putting on a costume. 2. The "dark" factor of the character isn't enough for you to kill yourself. It's fictional, and no actor gets sucked into that enough off set to kill themselves/others. 3. Acting is incredibly intense. They take pills to wake up, they take pills to go to sleep, they take pills to make them happy, and then they take pills to focus on set. No duh he od-ed. Hello, a majority of Hollywood deaths have to do with drugs (prescription and non) or alcohol, and sometimes both. The whole Joker thing is completely irrevelvant. It's a "mystery" and that kind of character gets people thinking, and it sells magazines. That's pretty much why that theory is out there.
ReplyDelete(spoiler alert) hope? what kinda hope do you want? a dark depressing movie that ends with quite a bit of hope in my opinion. 60,000 don't kill each other, joker has been captered, and batman is being hunted the same way as EVERYOTHER MARVEL SUPERHERO. so BIG suprise. wopdeedoo. he won't be captured, and he just has the time limit of catching the bad guy before the police arive. i think there is plenty of hope if you are an optimist. which i can be.
ReplyDeleteanonymous, your welcome to your own opinion, but do you think you could honestly play the character joker as well as Health Ledger did w/o having at least a couple nightmares? I couldn't (and we arn't commenting on my lack of acting skills). Acting is increadily intence. You are completely correct acting is intence especially when the person/creature you are playing is psyco and to pass of the role you have to fake belive what your character belives. As i said, you are entitled to your opinion, i'm just explaining mine.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think his character had a lot if not all to do with his death. He took acting very seriously and I wouldn't doubt that acting that part for so long could have an effect on his mental health.
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