Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns questions what is right and what is wrong. It makes you wonder if the government is the bad guy‚ or if it is the criminals‚ or maybe even Batman himself. Miller uses duality and creates closure to show that there is always another side of the coin and all you have to do is flip it to see it. He also uses art to build context and tension by starting with art that is abstract. The art slowly changes to brighter colors and less abstract art as the tension
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Jiggy Patel COMM3321: Critical Reading & Writing Section 103 Janet Bertsch “Why so serious?” Is the catch phrase that Joker uses from the movie The Dark Knight. (Nolan‚ 2008) The scene that is being analyzed is when the Joker crashes Harvey Dent fundraiser party and is looking for Harvey Dent. Prior to the scene‚ Harvey Dent is the District Attorney of Gotham City and was responsible for locking up half the mob in a single day. The Joker main goal was to wreak chaos in Gotham City and wanted
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Frankenstein Essay One of the reasons the movie‚ The Dark Knight‚ has done so well is because it toyed with the viewer’s sense of morality. In one of the scenes the hero‚ Bruce Wayne‚ had to choose between saving Harvey Dent‚ a district attorney‚ or Rachel‚ who was Harvey’s girlfriend. Ultimately‚ Bruce had chosen Harvey and left Rachel to die‚ causing the downfall of Harvey Dent to become a vicious murderer. This brought the question in the viewer’s mind whether Harvey was responsible for letting
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The evolution of modern vigilantism from when comics were first introduced during the Great Depression to current times define their ability to adapt to the ever changing periods faced by society that allows for superheroes to remain relevant. The rise of modern superheroes was when America was facing the threat of a war in Europe and dealing with corruption within its own communities. The heroes depicted in comics allowed for people to escape reality during the Great Depression‚ states Hyde. It
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Ryan Small 3/2/17 English 101-16 Assignment #4 In this closing scene of The Dark Knight‚ Gordon and Batman use cause and effect to justify lying to the general public about the events that took place that resulted in the deaths of five citizens of Gotham. Batman believes that if the word gets out that the Joker corrupted the once heroic police captain Harvey Dent‚ then all of the inspirational work Dent accomplished would stand for nothing. Batman further explains that the people deserve to have
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Sophomore Thesis Proposal 1. I would like to explore and analyze the Dark Knight‚ directed by Christopher Nolan‚ starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. 2. Historical and cultural aspects did not affect the film directly; however‚ it directly affected the original comics‚ which the film is based from. The comics were conceived in the 1930’s by Bob Kane. Bob Kane drew inspiration for the character of Bruce Wayne/ Batman. Films such as the Mark of Zorro and the Bat Whispers inspired Kane
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The Dark Knight is the standard for which comic book movies should be compared to. Many people come to the conclusion that it is a great movie‚ but what makes it a great movie? The Dark Knight excels at the three criterion that all comic book movies should have. Well rounded characters‚ underlying themes‚ and exhilarating action are what separate the decent comic book movies from the great ones. From the beginning of the movie‚ it is evident that The Dark Knight has as intriguing
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JP In Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight gothic elements such as suspenseful violence‚ mysterious heroic outsiders‚ and freakish villains are used in order to catch the attention of society. The use of suspenseful violence in Nolan’s production is a significant contribution for the overall mood of the movie. For example‚ the Joker sets up a social experiment in which two ferries‚ one full of passengers and the other full of prisoners‚ each have a bomb rigged. The detonator for each bomb however
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The film ‘The Dark Knight’ directed by‚ Christopher Nolan‚ is a film about a League of Shadows that has been destroyed‚ but when a criminal mastermind who calls himself The Joker comes in to takes over the crime mob. Batman returns to battle his greatest threat yet. But with half the police force opposing but‚ as usual Batman manages to finish it off. The Dark Knight clearly shows and proves the theme of Vigilante justice and the main idea people or a group of community should not take laws on their
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Justice vs. Terrorism “The Dark Knight‚” a movie directed and produced by Christopher Nolan‚ depicts the way a system of justice deals with terrorism. If an archetype is defined as a symbol that exists instinctively in the collective consciousness of the human race‚ the terrorism in Batman The Dark Knight represents an archetype through the violence‚ murder of the innocent‚ mayhem and mass destruction. Governments often lay down laws and procedures for a country to function‚ and to avoid
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