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Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight movies always felt like they took what happened in the preceding film and expanded the scope and scale of the trilogy in the process.Batman Begins was a more ...
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- “How About A Magic Trick?”
- “I Blow Up A Hospital”
- “Tonight You’Re All Gonna Be Part of A Social Experiment”
- “Now That’S More Like It, Mr. Wayne.”
- “Hit Me!”
- “Somewhere…”
- “We Burned The Forest Down”
- “Wanna Know How I Got These Scars?”
- “Whatever Doesn’T Kill you…”
- “You Complete Me”
The Joker (Heath Ledger) is introduced to the audience twice. In the thrilling opening sequence he is an otherworldly presence whose identity is revealed only at the end; a terrifying punchline to a twisted joke. In his first scene proper, he intrudes upon a meeting of gangsters and their money-laundering accountant Lau (Chin Han). Prison rules wou...
The sequence that Mark Kermode suggested might have been excised to improve the pacing of the film is a self-contained masterpiece of tension. After the Joker threatens to blow up a hospital unless Coleman Reese (Joshua Harto) is murdered, a tense chase ensues. Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) must discover which hospital has been rigged to blow...
The next phase of The Joker’s plan involves hijacking two boats full of Gotham citizens, one of which is a prison ship. He provides each boat with a means of blowing up the other boat, fuelling their fears and exposing a great many prejudices. The Dark Knightfrequently investigates how regular people react under extraordinary circumstances and alth...
The Hong Kong action set-piece comes near the end of the first act before the conflict between Batman and The Joker really begins. Bruce has chased the mafia’s money to a sleazy accountant who is now escaping arrest in non-extradition Hong Kong. Batman must enter the building, capture Lau and escape. What follows closely resembles a set piece from ...
A police convoy nervously rolls through the dark city. The soundtrack is near silent, but the dull whir of The Joker’s theme remains menacingly in the background. An aerial shot sees the tiny line of cars approach something bright. We see their reaction as they become unnerved and divert the convoy into harm’s way in the unprotected lower highways ...
Rachel Dawes was never the most compelling character in The Dark Knight Trilogy, through no fault of the committed performances by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Katie Holmes. In Batman Beginsshe represented perhaps what Bruce may have become had he not chosen the way of the vigilante crime fighter. She is a good person trying to solve the system from withi...
The relationship between Bruce and Alfred is very much the heart of The Dark Knight.As the faithful family servant, Alfred casts a caustic and wearied eye over Bruce’s dangerous endeavours. He sorrowfully offers support when Bruce is disheartened by his quixotic mission. In these scenes, we gain insight into Alfred’s past as he recalls encounters i...
The Joker twice holds a captive at knifepoint and reveals how he got his scars. Both stories are lies. The first encounter ends with the savage execution of a mob boss, and so when Rachel becomes the second victim of Joker’s storytime antics, there is a heightened sense of tension. Hans Zimmer’s score has been flawless throughout the film but this ...
The Dark Knight’sopening bank heist is one of the best action sequences ever filmed. It achieves this not with big explosions, dangerous stunts (though that zip line is pretty spectacular), elaborate gunplay, or carefully choreographed fistfights. It is simply one of the most tightly would sequences of tension and peril constructed. A group of thug...
The best scene of The Dark Knightsees Batman and The Joker face off in an interrogation room. Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes have gone missing. Joker uses the opportunity to explain his worldview to Batman before Batman loses his patience and starts punching him. There’s a horrible feeling of helplessness as the situation escalates. The harsh lightin...
Feb 5, 2024 · Summary. The ambiguous ending of The Dark Knight Rises leaves it unclear whether Bruce Wayne faked his death or not. The final battle scene brings together all the story threads of the Nolan Dark Knight trilogy, concluding with Batman protecting Gotham from a nuclear explosion. John Blake is set up to take on the mantle of Batman and protect ...
Feb 24, 2022 · RT Podcast. "Rotten Tomatoes Is Wrong" About... The Dark Knight Rises. With The Batman looming on the horizon, we look back at the final chapter of Christopher Nolan's trilogy to see if it was the hero (movie) we deserved or something closer to Gotham's reckoning. by RT Staff | February 24, 2022 | Comments.
Jul 18, 2012 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Action, Thriller. PG-13. 2h 44m. By Manohla Dargis. July 18, 2012. After seven years and two films that have pushed Batman ever deeper into the ...
Dec 13, 2014 · However, the ending for The Dark Knight Rises was the subject of many theories, with some believing Bruce Wayne's ultimate fate was still in question. Early on in the trilogy-capper, Alfred (Michael Caine) tells Bruce his one true wish for his surrogate son. Instead of coming back to Gotham and reliving the pain and grief from his parents ...
