this technique is because the sound has a negative feel, making the audience expect something bad is going to happen. The director also uses different types of camera shots to portray the dark underworld of Gotham for example, the audience view the Joker and other criminals in close up form and this makes the audience see the full character in detail. Other camera shots such as long shots were used to portray Gotham's dark alleyways along with extreme long shots to reveal the dark side of…
become the Batman, it is Bruce who is shot. With Bruce being shot, it is his father who uses the loss of his son to become The Batman. Martha is so overwhelmed with the loss of her son, she becomes insane and ultimately becomes Batman 's archenemy, The Joker. The two coped with the loss of Bruce in different ways but they both reinvented themselves to handle the grief. In Alexander and Locke 's Article "Why Rhetoric?" they explains how writers uses rhetoric devices such as appeals, audience,…
A person does not need to have superpowers to be considered a hero. Most people perform heroic acts by saving someone’s life or by preventing a crime. Heros do not have to be real people, they can be fictional characters in movies or comic books. Comic book heroes like Batman or Superman are fascinating to those who want to escape reality into the superhero realm. Of course not all superheroes are created equal or as realistic as others, some are more skilled and intriguing. Compared to to…
Bruce’s father asks the question, “And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” This quote describes Bruce’s leadership perfectly. Throughout the movie, he is forced to overcome many obstacles, as most hero’s do, and though he finds success most times, he does fail from time to time. To me, leadership is best shown by example and this is what Bruce does best throughout the movie. Bruce’s dynamism is constantly on display and I believe that is what makes him such a strong…
When we think of Batman, the words “hope”, “justice”, and “incorruptibility” come to mind. He is The Dark Knight, a bat vigilante who fights to keep the fictional streets of Gotham safe. He is arguably one of the greatest superheroes ever created. He fights crime and faces some of the most insane villains in comic book history. What makes him stand out from the rest is that, as Wikipedia states, “unlike most superheroes, Batman does not possess any superpowers; rather, he relies on his genius…
As Joker is burning the money in this scene, he says, “This town deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m going to give it to them.” Much of the film is dedicated to exploring what kind of criminal and what kind of hero Gotham City deserves. Bruce Wayne seems to be a white-collar criminal, who engages in the kind of corporate crimes that attract our real-life two-faced prosecutors. He takes corporate resources to pursue his own interests, uses deceptive means to obtain a majority stake in…
Batman is a billionaire orphan who uses his resources to eliminate the evil within his world, such as his nemesis the Joker. The origin of Batman’s story can be traced back to May 1939, when the character was written and drawn by a company called detective comics. In the early 1900s, reading was done by almost everyone because it was essential in education. The company…
The dark knight, a symbol of justice and strength, Huckleberry Finn a poor boy living in the south, seemingly incomparable, Bruce Wayne and Huckleberry are both orphans, plagued by isolation. Bruce’s parents were murdered by thugs in the streets of Gotham. Huck’s mom died before the book begins, and his father is an abusive, negligent alcoholic. In the isolated world of an orphan, both Bruce Wayne and Huckleberry Finn adopt father figures. For Bruce Wayne Alfred Pennyworth, his butler, becomes a…
childhood and this results in the hero having noble intentions. Superman’s parents sent him to Earth prior to his home planet Krypton’s impending doom and Batman’s parents were murdered in front of him. But looking at popular villains such as the Joker and Dr. Octopus, they typically have unique stories that involve rejection from society, chemical explosions, mutations, and other wild happenings that caused their physical abnormalities and evil intentions. Heroes are always portrayed as fit,…
Batman Mortality Throughout The Dark Knight Returns, Batman faces not only the current batch of Gotham's criminals, but criminals from his past, the Gotham Police, and eventually Superman. On top of all of these outward enemies, time is certainly not on Batman's side. Batman has to consider and confront his own mortality while he tries to clean up Gotham City's unending criminal element. Frank Miller does this to show to the reader that while Batman has done and continues to do impressive feats…