a wonderful fantastic great super doopa great movie. A actual philosophical hollywood blockbuster!

I read this post abotu hte philisophy/politics in the movie and wrote a (long reply) talkgin about it. Great movie.

Here is my reply, i kinda got rid of some stuff to make it more understandable for you guys but it may make even more sense if you read the post.



Heath Ledger plays the Joker brilliantly displaying such pure undistorted evil as discussed here. What is so interesting about this character is that you rarely have such a pure psychopath as the baddy in superhero or bond type movies. This is what makes him such a amazing character, smart but mad, he doesn't care for any thing except complete anarchy. You look at other baddies, they would be scared by the joker, and very few people want a world without any rules. They may believe in anarchy but they wouldn't survive in it. I think it was an interesting point made that batman needs the joker; the joker will always be as mad and as deadly whereas the police will attack Batman as soon as the criminals have been put away.

Another interesting point is the Jokers feeling that there is a spark of evil in everyone. And i believe this; just some guard it better than others. I think there is always a part of that just wants to go mad, trash the shop and live the life of complete freedom from everything. The joker has that life. But most people guard that spark of evil well; we keep it hidden away and go about living ordinary lives. But also, to the complete opposite, there is good in everyone, Ying and yang. You can't have one without the other.

Another thing that brings up this theory that there’s a bit of darkness in everyone is Terry Pratchett's wonderful book “Thud!”. Vimes (the main character) uses his shield as protection from the darkness, his badge of duty is what keeps him sane.

Read it, its a great read. Also Pratchett is always funny and a good read.

Leon

97 percent of people from IMDB who saw the movie loved it....nuff said.

god I need to see this movie

yes. über yes!

I finally watched Batman Begins sooo i'm amped to see the new one now. hopefully I can get my ass into the theater. #1 movie 3 weeks in a row.

Good movie. Too long by about 1/2 hour. A lot darker than I was thinking it would be.

I guess they don't call it the DARK knight for nothing.