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    Titled as the 4th top ranking movie on IMDB, The Dark Knight is undoubtedly filled with entertaining complexity and performance. In its making, writers; Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Bob Kane, and David Goyer created situation and characters that happen to allow the actors to added their own spins on their roles. Small details of the scenes also contribute to a more realistic film compared to other comic book based productions. The Nolan brothers did an excellent job in creating the characters

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    The Dark Knight is a story that takes place in the city of Gotham where the head menace, the Joker is a lunatic that acts on his most basic pleasure principle, disregarding everything else. Batman is the protagonist that fights against the Joker’s dark force and struggles for justice with the help of his loyal butler, Alfred. All the while, a refined district attorney, Harvey Dent reflects cultural principles and seeks an unattainable perfection. This story has the polarity of a hero, villain, and

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    Madness, as you know, is like gravity, all it takes is a little push. The Dark Knight(2008) is crime drama film following the action of villain, Joker (Heath Ledger) and his rival counterpart, Batman (Christian Bale) who is Bruce Wayne in disguise. This film is a thrilling, suspenseful story bound to make you wait in anticipation. This film highlights the challenges of a sadistic clown and a morally challenged vigilante. The film is focused on the jokers actions and the social toll it

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    Appearing to be the most evil, deranged, and flat out psychotic killer of all villains in “The Dark Knight”, The Joker is the main antagonist of Batman. He is the complete opposite of Batman, in everything from appearance, to ideals. The Joker views murder as sport, and will not hesitate to toy with his food before he eats it, even if said food are the men he has hired to work for him. As intimidating as he is psychotic, in the movie he seems to struggle with an identity crises. Which would put him

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    Appearing to be the evilest, deranged, and flat out psychotic killer of all villains in “The Dark Knight”, The Joker is the main antagonist of Batman. He is the complete opposite of Batman, in everything from appearance, to ideals. The Joker views murder as a sport, and will not hesitate to toy with his food before he eats it, even if said food are the men he has hired to work for him. As intimidating as he is psychotic, in the movie he seems to struggle with an identity crisis. Which would put him

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    In the movie The Dark Knight there is a villian named The Joker. The Joker can be described as having multiple personality disorders and psychological disorders. He would be considered schizophrenic and disorganized schizophrenic for his psychological disorder, and Antisocial for his personality disorder. Having a personality or psychological disorder can affect how you cope and do things in an everyday life. These disorders definitely effect how the joker acts and goes about life. The Joker can

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    “Why So Serious? ” is one of my favorite scene from the film The Dark Knight. Joker is holding a knife inside of the other man’s mouth while he is telling his scars story. It looks like they are in a low lighting billiards room with a bar and surround by their fellows. The ambience between these two men is tense, because Joker is facing a man who was trying to take his life a few seconds ago and now the situation is reverse. He is threatening the villain with his brutal story. The Joker use different

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    All the “good guys” in Batman are ethically inconsistent. Harvey Dent, for example, likes to flip a two-headed coin to create the false illusion that he is letting chance dictate what he has already decided to do. Dent and Commissioner Gordon essentially commission Batman to go to Hong Kong and kidnap a mobster, in violation of the U.S. Constitution and international law. They are, as a result, criminals, supporting criminal activities. Rachel Dawes and Dent also interrogate Lau, the kidnapped Chinese

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    The Dark Knight Rises is a heroic movie. The movie entitles itself as an adventurous movie and is a part of a sequel. In the midst of Harvey Dent death, the Dent Act has granted the Gotham Police Department to give powers to remove planned crimes. Although, James Gordon was a part of the midst, his guilt has taken over. He writes a resignation letter telling the truth in detail about what happened. Bruce became the one to take the blame for Dents death and retires as Batman. The death of Racheal

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    Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film ‘The Dark Knight”,tells the thrilling tale of the chaos caused throughout Gotham by the city’s villain, The Joker, and Batman’s many attempts to restore peace and order in the city. The film not only explores the two main character’s conflict but also incorporates the idea of showing morality when making decisions and the power held by the city’s villain, ideas that can be somewhat experienced in day-to-day life. Nolan’s effective use of film techniques such as camerawork

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