I just could not resist…I end up watching Batman again….it is that addictive…..
A lot of friends that are girls are like “Yeah~~ it’s so great, but I don’t see the reason..”
Well yeah…going to the theaters to watch the movie 3 times is a bit overdoing it…but…for me, it is kind of like Sex and the City, and I bet ladies would understand some guys dressing like Joker Thugs for The Dark Knight, if they had dressed up to watch the movie Sex and the City.
Batman. I have to say it is my favorite DC Comics hero…he is different from all the other heroes. For the fact that it is down to the world, and technically, all the things that he does is feasible, if you have shitload of assets. All the previous Batman movies were pretty disappointing, because they did not actually portrayed Bruce Wayne’s life pretty well. Batman (1989) and Batman Returns were okay, but the ones that came out afterwards, it was a complete disaster. It never focused on what Batman really was.
Although my opinions of Batman movies done by Christopher Nolan could be a bit biased because I like Christian Bale, it is hard to deny that Batman Begins and The Dark Knight was so far the epitomy of reviving Batman of his true self. It is so hard to find movies like this, because most of the superhero movies are not as sophisticated as The Dark Knight.
Some people claim that the movie was too long, but I did not realize any of that because I was so focused into the structure of the movie. The smallest details contributed to the structure….even the characters..
The scariest part of the movie was when the Joker was talking with Batman face to face….I still remember when the Joker says to Batman “You COMPLETE me”….and that just scared the shit out of me. Because that statement is so true. Batman and Joker; they are both freaks. One thinks he could save the city on his own, and the other, just does whatever he wants to do. But Batman is a freak in a good way, and Joker is the freak in the other way. Because they are pretty much the same guy, and yet at the same time, were on their extremes of beliefs, Joker was able to arouse better than any other character in the movie. Although the Joker Screwed up Harvey Dent really well, the mental torture that Batman had to deal with was insurmountable. That was the beauty of it. This portrayed exactly how the Batman was actually suffering, and made the audience realize that he was too, just a human.
Who knows? If Alfred had given the letter to Bruce Wayne, and let him read it to find out that Rachel had acutally chosen Harvey, he too could have become a villan like two-face. Bruce so firmly believed that Rachel would choose him. But if had read that letter to find out she had gone to Harvey, that impact would be as great as Harvey losing Rachel, and a higher possibility of becoming the villan.
It is true that Harvey could be the outcome of Batman if he was corrupted, but that’s just a result.
(Me and my friend Mike had a huge discussion on this, whether the Joker or Two-face was close to Batman, and Mike had mentioned this)
Joker is just too much connected to Batman, and vice versa, that they just can’t kill themselves.
The biggest difference between two of them despite the common traits, is that Batman is incorruptable due to his “kindness”. Even the Joker acknowledged that…
So….how many “Batmans” are in your society?
