...example of the dark knight trilogy There are a lot of differences and similarities between the heroes and gods of the Greek and romans myths and traditions compared to the superheroes and legends of the comic’s books and Hollywood movies. Scholars often conduct researches to define and analyze pieces of art to check its methodological features in terms of form and content. In this humble research we will try to shed the light on the aspects of mythology in batman as a superhero and a legend taking the dark knight trilogy as an example to examine how mythology is represented in this masterpiece by the brilliant director Christopher Nolan. The dark knight trilogy consists of 3 movies: batman begins (2005), the dark knight (2008) and the dark knight rises (2012). The three of them was directed by the filmmaker Christopher Nolan and were inspired from the batman character created by Bob Kane. ``Batman Begins`` movie was basically about the origin of the batman legend as a force of good in Gotham city. In the light of his parents tragic robbery murder (Bruce Wayne) took a journey around the globe looking for meaningful values and tools to fight injustice and criminals. He was taken in by a strange instructor called Ducard and taught him how to become a ninja in what is named the League of Shadows after that he came back to Gotham and uncover his masked crusader (Batman) in order to start fighting gangsters to end their rule in his native city streets. In the second movie ``the dark...
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...REVIEW ON THE DARK KNIGHT RISES The Dark Knight Rises(New York , July 16, 2012) is a superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan. It is the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008).The film introduces two main characters to Nolan's series: Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and Bane (Tom Hardy). It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. Making of The Dark Night Rises seems very excellent, because it is focused on nice editing style, camera focusing, attractive environment & technology. I enjoy every scene and it attracts me a lot. In this movie director hasn’t give any extra power to the hero. He uses his technological power to attain his mission. Christian Bale can perform his shooting excellently. He played the role of Batman perfectly. It mainly entertains me by its main theme & script writing. I find many...
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...In the movie, "The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan, Bruce Wayne, also known as "Batman" is faced with four nemesis conflict. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire son and the CEO to Wayne Enterprises. Whenhe was young, he witnessed his parents death leaving a scar within him. As he grew, he created another identity know as "Batman. Batman would serve justice and keep Gotham a safe place. In the movie "The Dark Knight", Bruce faced conflicts with an individual, a group, himself and reality. Bruce Wayne's nemesis as Batman is The Joker. The joker is the individual who Batman conflicts with most in this movie, The Dark Knight. The Joker targets the people of Gothem to reveal the identity of Batman. The joker's only concern throughout all his actions is only Batman. He is not afraid to kill or put people at risk for his purpose and will use any method or trickery to do so. Batman is a man of justice who can't watch it all happen before his eyes but he cannot reveal his identity as easily (relating to the conflict with himself). Joker threatened to kill many people and used many methos, for example, killing a man an hour until Batman is killed and blowing up a whole hospital. This individual uses Batman's weakness (his love interest) Rachel Dawes as part of his threats as he threatening her life but also tricked Batman into saving the wrong person and letting her die. The conflict is resolved when thhe Joker was finally taken into custody for good. Batman other nemesis is...
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...Is Batman A Realist or Idealist? The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. The film introduces the character of Harvey Dent , Gotham's newly elected District Attorney and the cohort of Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Rachel Dawes, who joins Batman and the police in combating the new rising threat of a criminal calling himself the "Joker”. As a society we watch hours of movies but do we really see the underline meaning of the movie; do we see the idealistic or realistic views that are being portrayed in the movie? Or we just watch for the laughs? In the Film The Dark Knight we see the main character who we know as “batman” displaying such character. According to A Novel Approach to Politics (pg. 3) it clearly states that The Dark Knight reflects what we all face in trying to balance the drive to do what we think would be best (idealism) with what we must do or are able to do which is (realism). What makes a person a realist or idealist? According to dictionary.com which is an online source; Idealism is the tendency to represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are. According to Action Films thriller 101 “Bruce Wayne is an idealist who believes he can alter the world’s crime ridden roots through the donning of a mask and a cape”. Wayne as an idealist is willing to sacrifice his life and anything he values for the cities future. He represents order and justice but in the same breath he seeks it as a vigilante...
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...public mood since they reach the largest audience. Successful movies don’t just happen, but rather they result from having perfect empathy with the prevailing mood of the public en-masse. Highly successful movies, include groundbreaking movies which define a genre and we will look at the historical correlation of these with public mood. We will discuss numerous examples of how social mood has influenced the production of blockbuster movies over the past 70 years and how these movies have captured the public mood and imagination of the times. We will then discuss, in more detail, the manifestation of the ongoing severe “bear” market in equities since 2000 within the film industry. Specifically, we will look at the recent blockbuster ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008) and how This film differed significantly to the previous “Batman” movies, being darker, more fearful and more...
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...though the paper was all over the place. It should have more knowledge about the film The Dark Knight. By what the author has written it does not make me want to go see the film anymore than I did before I read paper. The author talks about The dark Knight in his introduction paper but the facts after that really do not match up to what I thought the rest of the paper was going to be about. Once he stated the facts he should have went into a lot more detail on what he felt about the film and why us as reader’s should go see this film. The author spoke about the film be a contender to earn an academy award nomination. I would have liked to hear more on how the film became a contender. What were the focal points of the movie that were great? Why, was the film then not picked as a nominee? The author also should have underlined the title of the movie. It would have helped the title stand out. There were some quotation marks missing from the Wikipedia. Also the conclusion of the paper did go back and restate what the introduction said in the beginning. The conclusion was very bland and not all to the point. It just says that you hope you like the paper?? It should have referenced the movie The Dark Knight in some shape or form. It should have also mention something along the lines of the points that where missing from the introduction paragraph. I also think that it was ok to add the movie Batman, but the paper should have either introduced the two films of stuck mostly to the...
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...Batman Dark Knight Project In the movie the movie Batman: The Dark Knight there are many overlapping complexities between characters in the movies. For example, Harvey Dent believes in bringing forth justice which can also been seen in the characteristics of batman. However, Harvey Dent conforms to society and follows the law (in the beginning) like Inspector Gordon. One key characteristic that Inspector Gordon has is that he is incorruptible like Batman himself. Batman doesn’t conform to society, he’s an outcast like the Joker. Also Batman and the Joker share another similarity which is they mask there identity. Lastly Harvey Dent at the end is physically two sided which can be seen in Bruce Wayne whose personality is two sided by being batman. In the movie I feel Bruce Wayne represents an actual dark knight. Bruce is a true knight at arms for he wields his weapon to protect the weak and fight the evil. He protects them out of sense of responsibility not for gain. He sacrificed his personal life for the good of people making him a true knight. He's dark because of his persona, manner and style. He wears all black and I feel that his style of justice is found unethical in today’s society and one may say his tactics are “dark”. With all this being said Bruce Wayne embodies the features of a “Dark Knight". Batman’s ideologies and philosophies consist of being a hero who is willingly to sacrifice everything, even himself, for city of Gotham and its people...
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...Ruben Baez Professor Ward English Comp. 3/28/15 The Dark Knight Compare and Contrast Essay In the movie The Dark Knight we have Bruce Wayne (Batman) which is basically the hero of Gotham City. With every hero of course there has to be a villain also. The villain of Gotham City is in fact the Joker. I believe Batman and the Joker are one of the best hero villain combos out there, they go together perfectly and their both fit for each other, it wouldn’t be the same if the joker wasn’t around and if batman wasn’t around with the joker. On the other hand though they are far different from each other they have many different qualities, different things that motivate them to do what they do, and their personality and what approaches they make towards things. So in this case I’ll be talking about the similarities and the differences of both the Batman and the Joker in the Dark Knight movie. Batman’s character in the movie is obviously more the hero type, he is serious about protecting his city from crime, he covers his true identity but in reality his obviously a very wealthy person which allows him to have the things he owns like his powerful suit, his indestructible car, and all the gadgets he uses while his fighting crime. The joker on the other hand in my eyes is the perfect villain, his a complete psychopath in the movie, he dresses like a clown and wears make up to make him look a bit disturbing, he had a rough past, his a pyromaniac, he has no cares in the world, and he...
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...The Dark Knight is a movie in the trilogy of Batman directed by Christopher Nolan. It was produced by Legendary Pictures along with Warner Bros and distributed by Warner Bros. The Dark Knight made brilliant use of online and offline content to bring fans of the movie together before it released. The target audience for this movie was very broad. There were Batman fans, Christopher Nolan fans, and fans of the franchise. So the producers didn’t really need to hard sell the movie. The audience was teeming with anticipation already. The campaign was to generate interest, get talk going, and involve the fans into the Batman universe to provide a more enriching movie experience. This film had has one of the most elaborate marketing strategies to date. The campaign was launched 15 months prior to the release of the film and witnessed participation from millions from across the world. Warner Bros made use of all kinds of media and without the use of convergence, as we spoke about in class, this strategy would not have been as successful. Warner Bros. effectively created a viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight, developing promotional websites and trailers. One of the first websites created was www.ibelieveinharveydent.com, dedicated solely to generating interest in “The Dark Knight”. The website focused on Aaron Eckhart’s character Harvey Dent in his efforts to bring Batman down. “I Believe in Harvey Dent” Promotional Packs were sent to those who had registered on the way page...
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...what I was speaking of. After I had reviewed the research I have done, it turns out that Andy was right about The Dark Knight being the most popular film in the summer of 2008. It turns out that the film was first released in Australia, on July 16, 2008; it was two days later July 18, 2008 that it was released in North America. It wasn’t till July 24, 2008 when it was released in the United Kingdom. With over $1 billion in revenue worldwide and it is the seventh highest- grossing film of all time. I found that he was also correct when he stated that the film was a continuation from Batman Begins. The Dark Knight was filmed in many different places but the main filming took place in Chicago. The other parts took place in several parts of the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The Dark Knight is a film about a superhero, which was directed and co- written by Christopher Nolan. The film was also produced by Charles Roven and Emma Thomas. The Dark Knight was based on the DC Comics and is part of Nolan’s Batman film series. Christian Bale played the lead character (Batman/Bruce Wayne). Some other main characters that played in the movie are Heath Ledger (joker), Gary Oldman (James Gorden), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel Dawes) and Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent). Each and every one had the chance to show how great their talents were during the filming of the movie. Each character had a seen that gave them the chance to showcase there acting abilities. This film was about a man...
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...In the recent years, there has been a boom in the movie industry. In films such as The Avengers, Jurassic World, and Furious 7, there has been massive undertakings to make these movies on a grandiose scale; budgets are bigger, effects are better, and the stories are deeper. The genius’ behind films such as these are James Cameron, Peter Jackson, JJ Abrams, and Steven Spielberg. Although these directors and screenwriters are at the top of the film industry, Christopher Nolan takes the leading role when it comes to producing the finest films. In this essay, I will be critiquing Nolan’s choice of actors, if he has consistently chosen the right actor for the part, Nolan’s attention to details in the plot, if the time and storylines are accurate throughout his films, and character development. I will then proceed to compare his films to the films of another movie producer, seeing if Nolan’s films can stand up to the competition. To do this, I will be focused on his Batman trilogy, for which he is most well known for. Nolan’s Batman trilogy consists of Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises...
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...Summary of the Dark Knight “Batman” isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the entire production. This film, and to a lesser degree “Iron Man,” redefine the possibilities of the “comic-book movie.” “The Dark Knight” is not a simplistic tale of good and evil. Batman is good, yes, The Joker is evil, yes. But Batman poses a more complex puzzle than usual: The citizens of Gotham City are in an uproar, calling him a vigilante and blaming him for the deaths of policemen and others. And the Joker is more than a villain. He’s a Mephistopheles whose actions are fiendishly designed to pose moral dilemmas for his enemies. The key performance in the movie is by the late Heath Ledger, as the Joker. Will he become the first posthumous Oscar winner since Peter Finch? His Joker draws power from the actual inspiration of the character in the silent classic “The Man Who Laughs” (1928). His clown's makeup more sloppy than before, his cackle betraying deep wounds, he seeks revenge, he claims, for the horrible punishment his father exacted on him when he was a child. In one diabolical scheme near the end of the film, he invites two ferry-loads of passengers to blow up the other before they are blown up...
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... Reel vs. Real: How cities are portrayed in film The setting often can make or break a movie. Think about it. If Ocean’s 11 was set in Gary, Indiana, instead of Las Vegas and Danny Ocean’s crew robbed the town’s one casino instead of three, would it have been the same film? Not at all. But if the movie had somehow made sense, would the perception of Gary—as a city—be different? Quite possibly. How a city is portrayed in film, whether accurate or not, plays a big role in how the city is viewed in real life.; this can be proven through different genres and in multiple cities. *** The Good Many movies that take have a very specific city-setting are extremely accurate. A prime example is Martin Scorsese’s The Gangs of New York. In the film, not only are the gangs portrayed accurately in their crime and demeanor, but the city’s landscape is spot-on (Christiano). Scorsese, having grown up in New York, did a marvelous job at catching the city’s gritty side that was a reality in the 19th century. History professor Tyler Anbinder said in a book about historical aspects of the film that Scorsese’s visual recreation of 19th century New York couldn’t have been better. The great part of the film’s grimy look at the city is that it shows a strong contrast to the city today (DiGirolamo). Likewise, Detroit is portrayed fairly accurately in John Singleton’s Four Brothers, a movie about four adopted brothers who come together in their rough city to figure out who murdered...
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...The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan was an explosive blockbuster in 2008. People raised it so much not because of its spectacular visual achievement; it’s because of its story. The protagonist in the film is the Batman, Bruce Wayne, and the antagonist in the film is the joker. The film starts with a bank robbery. We see a group of robbers with mask. It gets audience into the story directly, and from the first scene, we get a quick idea of what kind of character the joker is. The story is told basically in two parallel lines, one for Bruce Wayne, and the other one for the joker. This structure reminds me of some Michael Mann films, like Heat, and Public Enemies. Those films all have a long story line, and they also have several parallel story lines running at the same time. They all structured generally in the same way, which is: Protagonist/Antagonist story They have some conflicts They meet in a way without violence involved Protagonist/Antagonist story keeps going on Climax, big conflict. I think this is a well-thought structure. For this structure, it requires a complicated protagonist and an also complicated antagonist, so that it can help establish the cause and effect. The story of The Dark Knight is actually quite simple if you look at it in a simple way. It’s just about how Batman takes the joker down and how he becomes the dark knight of the Gotham city. But if we have to add more details to it, then it will become way more complicated. However,...
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