Chris Haley is... THE ENTHUSIAST!

“When people complain about Batman being foolish in The Dark Knight, they wish for the strong, always-right, never-wrong Batman of their imaginations. But the greatness of The Dark Knight‘s narrative lies in how it shows that Batman is often wrong, and completely helpless when dealing with a criminal like the Joker. There is no defense against evil, only the strength to not give in to it. “If Batman has limits, I can’t afford to know them,” says Bruce in Act I, and here he’s confronted with the folly of that headstrong philosophy — Batman is all about limits, and the narrative of The Dark Knight is, in large part, an examination, and definition, of those limits.” - Todd Alcott at The Beat

“When people complain about Batman being foolish in The Dark Knight, they wish for the strong, always-right, never-wrong Batman of their imaginations. But the greatness of The Dark Knight‘s narrative lies in how it shows that Batman is often wrong, and completely helpless when dealing with a criminal like the Joker. There is no defense against evil, only the strength to not give in to it. “If Batman has limits, I can’t afford to know them,” says Bruce in Act I, and here he’s confronted with the folly of that headstrong philosophy — Batman is all about limits, and the narrative of The Dark Knight is, in large part, an examination, and definition, of those limits.” - Todd Alcott at The Beat

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    chrishaley: “When people complain about Batman being foolish in The Dark Knight, they wish for the strong, always-right,...
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    Plus the fact that he effectively created The Joker and other costumed criminals - the idea of “escalation” raised at...
  4. hungryghoast said: still hate the political message at the end of “The public must be lied to, for their own good” … I hate even more, though, the denial of political message in the film.
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