The Dark Knight

provide a lens through which the reader can view the world. That graphic novels incorporate both text and image enhances the ability of the creator to impose his or her ideas upon the reader, whether or not intentional. In Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the correlation between the role women play and their physical appearance is striking. To clarify, though Miller does place females in important roles, such as Robin and Commissioner Yindel, he gives them characteristics which…

Batman himself has two different sides that no one would be able to correlate together. When Bruce, the “normal” version of Batman is maskless, he leaves the impression of privileged white man. Bruce likes to be social, to be around people, and to party. Bruce pushes himself hard, always trying to look the best to keep the Wayne image for his parents that have passed away. This is one of the reasons why he doesn’t want anyone to find out Batman’s true identity. He keeps it very secretive,…

Batman #49 moves us closer to the inevitable return of Bruce Wayne as the Caped Crusader. Scott Snyder continues to carry us through this journey with the assistance of james Tynion IV. The narrative gets a bit heavy-handed within the pages of issue #49. Yanick Paquette gives readers something to gawk at even if the story here leaves us asking what the point is amongst all the metaphysical mumbo-jumbo. It is time in Batman #49. Bruce Wayne has reclaimed his true past as Batman. Now he must…

Without any conflict a story-(read: a movie)-is boring. Some people are drawn to the dark motives and actions of the villains and because of this more often than not the villain is more liked than the hero. Movies have transpired to show the hero in a good light that’s enjoyable and believable. But a man’s worth can only ever truly be measured by the weight of those that stand against them. In days of old it was easy enough to throw a black hat on a man and show him shoot a few people and…

Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Over the years since its inception, it has become a cornerstone moral theory of modern philosophy. Utilitarianism produces the most good for the most people at the expense of personal morality, and the ferry scene in The Dark Knight provides an excellent scenario to analyze using it. The essential idea of utilitarianism is taking the general happiness of…

It takes many factors to make a good director: a director must be calm, he must be articulate, and most of all he should be inspiring. However, Christopher Nolan is not simply a good director, he is one of the greatest directors of all time. Not to mention his impeccable writing, his directing expertise is beyond comparison: he skillfully draws the best performances out of the renowned actors in his cast, his imaginative stories can bogle even the most ingenious of minds, and his movies, while…

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…

one of the best movie of the 2000’s. The Dark Knight so more than just good vs evil and more than just a comic book . This Movie show what the human race has turned to which is chaos and this isn't your normal good vs evil this movie turned that into something more this movie made way for new way to make comic book movies. This movie give us a deeper meaning for good vs evil and comic books in general this movie won many awards in its time . The Dark Knight screenplay was amazing the actors told…

The final evolution of the Joker took a sinister twist back to his roots. In the 2008 film The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger played the darkest version of the Joker yet. The entire film was a social commentary on the War on Terror and the Joker was the symbol of the Taliban and the fear that accompanies it (Message Movies?). The Joker still lacked a plan, mirroring the Taliban’s lack of plan in their holy war against the West. The Heath Ledger Joker said “Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You…

is a fine line between being a hero and a villain. Batman is the only hero in the movie the The Dark Knight as he never goes against his own morals despite the people of Gotham City losing faith in him. “Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.” Batman will always help those in need even when the whole city is against him. The Joker…