Text: The Dark Knight Director: Christopher Nolan Text Type: Film Gotham City is rapidly becoming a better place. Under the guard of Batman and with the help of Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent‚ the popular new district attorney‚ organised crime is being eradicated. In desperation the mob turns to a psychotic mastermind called only ‘The Joker’ and Gotham rapidly descends into chaos. As Bruce Wayne tries to deal with his toughest adversary yet he must deal also with his internal conflicts and the horrific
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The Dark Knight came out in 2008‚ when George W. Bush was President‚ so I was 14 at the time and Emily was 12. I remember going to the theater the day it came out because I was never more excited for a movie. I have been a fan of the Batman franchise since I was a kid; my older sister and I would constantly watch the Batman VHS’s that we had until they were too scratched up from use. Emily watched the film with all of her boy cousins because they wanted her to see it with them. I was so intrigued
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Cast: Christian Bale‚ Tom Hardy‚ Anne Hathaway‚ and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Director: Christopher Nolan Synopsis: Christian Bale stars as both the classic caped crusader and his billionaire alter-ego‚ Bruce Wayne. In this third installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films‚ Bruce Wayne no longer feels that the City of Gotham needs a hero and goes on a secluded hiatus. However‚ when a new villain‚ Bane (Tom Hardy)‚ threatens Gotham City‚ Wayne dons his cape and
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Design Costume designer Lindy Hemming described the Joker’s look as reflecting his personality‚ in that "he doesn’t care about himself at all"; she avoided designing him as a vagrant‚ but still made him appear to be "scruffier‚ grungier‚" so that "when you see him move‚ he’s slightly twitchier or edgy."[20][31][31] Nolan noted‚ "We gave a Francis Bacon spin to [his face]. This corruption‚ this decay in the texture of the look itself. It’s grubby. You can almost imagine what he smells like."[99] In
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nature of justice is the movie The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight is an effective example of the complicated nature of justice because it uses powerful symbolic scenes to demonstrate the difficulty in finding justice‚ it uses characters as strong symbols for the various natures of justice and injustice‚ and it shows that the obviously just and unjust characters have striking similarities. The Dark Knight’s scenes provide many examples
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created his moral philosophy over two thousand years ago‚ his ideas continue to permeate numerous fields today‚ such as cinema and theater. When it comes to cinema‚ no film screams Aristotle like a certain 2008 comic book classic: The Dark Knight. In The Dark Knight‚ the moral philosophy of Aristotle is present. The Joker and Batman exemplify two character types defined by Aristotle: the continent and vicious characters. To clarify‚ a continent person manages to undertake a virtuous act‚ though the
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Existentialism in The Dark Knight By: Cassidy Bannan Teacher: Mrs.Conlon Course Code: ENG4U Due Date: March 8‚ 2012 “When you take charge of your life‚ there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission‚ you give someone veto power over your life”. The 2008 film‚ The Dark Knight‚ directed by Christopher Nolan‚ demonstrates the actions and choices being made while still being true to one self. The film represents one’s interior motives and
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BATMAN AND PHILOSOPHY THE DARK KNIGHT OF THE SOUL Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp @ WILEY John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. To the memory of Heath Ledger (1979-2008) Copyright © 2008 by john Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. All rights reserved Published by john Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.‚ Hoboken‚ New jerney Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a reaieval system‚ or transmit ted in any fonn or by any means. electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying
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The Joker In the film‚ The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan‚ The Joker‚ one of Batman’s most dangerous enemies whose aim is too push Batman to his ultimate limits‚ to break his personal rules and strict moral code. This‚ being the Jokers only reason to live‚ he has no fear of death and pain. The Joker is characterised as a calculating and logical criminal‚ a rebel with minimal empathy or moral and a nemesis who commits purposeless crime. Together these characteristics are developed through
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years through the world of crime writer’s to the year 2008 we discover the film "The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan. This most recent instalment of "Batman" fits appropriately into the hard-boiled sub-genre of crime-fiction. It meets many of the conventions but‚ like in "Rear Window"‚ subverts several conventions to better serve the composer’s purpose. As with most hard-boiled crime texts‚ "The Dark Knight" has a metropolitan setting. The citizens of Gotham city have grown to depend on ‘Batman’
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