Also said why Batman couldn't kill the Joker

Kiana 2022-04-20 09:01:04

Carrying a stigma and being at ease is two different things from violating one's own principles.

Because of a certain reason, the life and death of others can be determined beyond the law, which is the object of criticism of the story. This object has multiple levels of performance in the play, from a clown with complex motives, a gangster who simply pursues profit, a financial man who is greedy for money but raises his righteous name, a two-faced person who seeks revenge for his love... all the way to saving his family's life The general public who wants to kill finances. Their purposes are different, but they all believe that for their own purposes, they can let others die.

Just as Mencius said, "searching straight for a ruler in vain" is impossible, it is only one step away from "searching for a ruler in vain", and there is no essential boundary in the middle. Between "pedantic legacy" and "unscrupulousness in the name of justice", Batman chose the former. In fact, it is more than him, and the choices made by the scientist played by Freeman in the play in the face of enormous power are reflected in it. Plus the final choice made by the citizens and prisoners on board. They are one. Embodies the idea of ​​the story proposition.

The clown's victory is not in how many people he kills, but in transforming other people's values. In the two-faced man he won. If Batman kills him, it means giving up his principles and embarking on the path arranged by the Joker, and the Joker wins again. In the play, the hardest blow to the clown did not come from Batman, but the final choice made by the citizens and prisoners on the ship to get rid of the "prisoner's dilemma".

Adhering to the principle in your heart, doing something and not doing something - this idea is what makes this movie different from the general action movies of happiness and hatred. It is this that distinguishes it from the "Hulk" and "Iron Man" of the same period.

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Extended Reading
  • Jules 2022-03-24 09:01:07

    Supplement: It is said that the second of the three is the best in detail. After all, the motives of Master Ninja and Bain are both human and fixed. The motivation is impossible to compare with the pure evil of the clown. On the other hand, one or three two. The villain in hand-to-hand martial arts has both long and short, while the clown is completely reliant on superior intelligence and madness to suppress the bat to be submissive, black and black, one person kills one person, and finally makes the bat self-exiled for eight years. It is difficult to surpass.

  • Hazle 2021-10-20 18:58:05

    A very connotative part of the blockbuster, whether it is the uneasy resonance of people’s secretly surging in people’s minds towards the madness of the Joker, or the heroic sympathy for Batman’s lonely night-walking hero, it is actually people’s disappointment in this world. A kind of emotional release. In fact, the Joker is right. He is very similar to Batman. They are all different. But Batman keeps the pain for himself and stubbornly adheres to a trace of faith, while the Joker returns the pain to the world.

The Dark Knight quotes

  • Det. Ramirez: [regarding CCTV photos of The Joker's bank heist] He can't resist showing us his face.

    Lt. James Gordon: What's he hiding under that make-up?

  • Detective Murphy: Look at these ugly bastards.

    Fat Thug: [in a holding cell] I don't feel good.

    Detective Murphy: You're a cop-killer. You're lucky to be feeling anything below the neck.