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    The Dark Knight Neo Noir

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    Robbie Abraham 5/18/17 The Dark Knight Neo Noir Challenge Commentary on dark and light. Neo-noir, unlike classic noir, does not require darkness to be dark. Instead, the darkness resides in the shadows cast by daylight. Director Christopher Nolan doesn’t rely on the darkness in all his films, but The Dark Knight still heavily relies on ideas about dark and light. We see this in its name (The Dark Knight), but also in the film’s sometimes harsh lighting and in the inversion of what…

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    Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is one of the best iterations of Batman since the concept of Batman was first created in 1939; the film offers easy to digest bites of philosophy and a deeper look into human nature. At the same time, The Dark Knight provides insight into society's views on mental illness, what society believes mental illness looks like, and society's views toward the justice system. The Dark Knight is the highest grossing Batman film since the first Batman movie (ironically…

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    The Dark Knight is a movie released in 2008 directed by Christopher Nolan, based on a man called Bruce Wayne which becomes a superhero to compete with criminals to put them in prison until they pay their conviction. The expectancy of this superhero called Batman (The Dark Knight) is to put all criminal in prison, which against the city called Gotham City. The Gotham city is a city with many criminals, where the justice cannot control them and batman decided to become a vigilant to beat these…

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    In the movie the Dark Knight the boat scene exemplifies what Joshua Greene calls a prisoners dilemma, because it involves two groups people who are put in the situation of checks between if the citizens or criminals of Gotham should live. They are given the option of pressing the button on the detonator and blowing up opposite boat and killing all who are in it. Greene states that the prisoner's dilemma is a way to explain why a persons morals are the way they. The prisoner's dilemma involves…

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    The Dark Knight, a film directed by the acclaimed Christopher Nolan, is a great piece of art on multiple levels. In most cases, these levels are understood and delved into deeper each time a person watches the movie. The first time, the movie offers a super-villain for the most well-known hero to defeat as well as the story of the transformation of a man from the city 's most promising District Attorney to the city 's most vengeful menace. The second time, since the explosions and action…

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    The Dark Knight in my opinion one of the best movies ever made. The color, editing, sound effects, and acting are superb. Growing up a Batman and superhero fan you would even appreciate this film even more. I think it is the best Batman film made to date. If you have not seen I would highly suggest watching this film. The rest of this film will be an analysis of different dynamics of the Dark Knight. Batman (Christian Bale) is hoping to hand on his fighting obligations to D.A Harvey Dent…

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    The dark knight is a movie about how one man thinks he can rid an entire city of criminals. With help from the police Chief Commissioner Gordon, as well as the new district attorney Harvey Dent, they start putting hundreds of criminals behind bars. Whilst this is going on a new criminal is unveiled known as the joker, a criminal the likes of which Gotham has never seen. He is much smarter, much dirtier than any other villain before him because unlike the others, he has no rules, he has no motive…

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    The Dark Knight is a film based off of the DC comic books of Batman. This film has many different characters who all have some type of psychological or other mental disorder including Batman himself. The main antagonist is the Joker who has an array of different psychological, mental, and personality disorders. The Joker is a fascinating character who intrigues people due to his anarchist mind set with no personal gain intended by his actions doing things simply to cause chaos with no…

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    In the movie The Dark Knight, Batman fits the character type description of being continent. He struggles with his appetitive part and desires to get rid of the Joker, but really the only way of doing that is by killing him. However, the Batman endures through the temptation and does not give in to his desire to kill the Joker. On the other hand, the Joker would fit the vicious type of character in the movie. He consistently does the villainous deeds, that they have become a habit for him. He…

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    and The Dark Knight (2008) are incredibly interesting films of the batman series set of Gotham city. Gotham city creates a look of an ordinary city and at the same time a crime hotspot for evil undertakings. Tim Burton is the director of Batman while Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight. Both choreographers of the movies exhibit high levels of skilled work in film industry as evident in the use of brilliant visual style and good quality sound track for the audience. Batman and The Dark…

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