Harvey Dent's The Dark Knight

Throughout “The Dark Knight” by Christopher Nolan crime and deviance is seen throughout the film. Crime and deviance in The Dark Knight has two faces as society accepts crime for those whose are helping them and at the same time punishes those who are punished. Society in Gotham accepts crime when the Batman commits it to help for the betterment of society; however, crime is not accepted when it is committed by mob bosses, gangs, criminal cops, and most importantly through the joker. The forms of deviancy/crime which are seen throughout the film is the Labeling Approach, Human Rights Approach, and Human Diversity Approach.

The Dark Knight is a film about Batman’s attempt in Gotham City to raise a traditional hero that follows the law and arrest villains, Harvey Dent. The attempt fails due to the villainous works of the Joker in cooperation with various criminals. The Joker corrupts the heroic Harvey and turns him into a villain who ultimately dies and Batman takes responsibility for Harvey's crimes and ensures the people sees Harvey as a hero.

In 2005 Christopher Nolan spearheaded the commercial re-boot of the Batman franchise with the movie Batman Begins, the movie achieved wide critical acclaim, and, subsequently generated, talk of a sequel. In the summer of 2008, after a vast amount of advertising and viral marketing, the highly anticipated sequel was finally released. The film 'The Dark Knight' grossed almost $67,165,092 in its first day and went on to break countless box office records. Later the next year the film won 2 Oscars and was nominated for a further 6, one award won was the 'Best Supporting Actor' award which the late Heath Ledger posthumously received, for his portrayal of the 'Joker'. Due to Ledger's untimely death the film gained even more

The Dark Knight (2008), directed by Christopher Nolan, demonstrates the idea of good versus evil. Batman is known as the protagonist, and Joker is known as the ultimate villain. The representation of crime in the film is seen from the actions of both characters. The film essentially depicts the act of deviance meaning, “behaviour that violates social norms, including laws”. In normality the government would have the greatest amount of power, but in the Gotham city, power is complex. There is minimal structure of law and order in Gotham city due to powerful people like Batman and the Joker. Citizens of Gotham city can no longer fight for themselves in a world filled with supernatural powers. Therefore, the only hope that citizens have rest in the hands of Batman. Although Batman attempts to save Gotham city from Joker’s criminal intentions. Batman, however, also plays a role in deviant activity while attempting to catch the Joker. Realistically, Batman violates the moral code due to destructive behaviour, and putting the lives of citizens at harm. He does not care for social norms, nor whether his acts are of legality. He is devoted to combat organized crime with Harvey Dent, a district attorney in Gotham city. Batman is in fact, the definition of crime, he understands but does not abide to individual rights and social contracts which make up the rule of law. In addition, the man behind Batman, Bruce Wayne also portrays a form of deviance by disguising himself as Batman.

All the “good guys” in Batman are ethically inconsistent. Harvey Dent, for example, likes to flip a two-headed coin to create the false illusion that he is letting chance dictate what he has already decided to do. Dent and Commissioner Gordon essentially commission Batman to go to Hong Kong and kidnap a mobster, in violation of the U.S. Constitution and international law. They are, as a result, criminals, supporting criminal activities. Rachel Dawes and Dent also interrogate Lau, the kidnapped Chinese mobster, without giving him the benefit of legal counsel.

The Dark Knight (2008) is the second movie in The Dark Knight Trilogy by Christopher Nolan. It deals with serious issues such as order vs. chaos, good vs evil, corruption,escalation, justice,heroism and faith. In this paper, I will examine the implicit meaning of the movie, and I will analyze three important scenes, in which Nolan uses mies-en-scene, cinematography and sound to reinforce the themes of the movie.

Lord of the Flies: A Masterclass With Harvey Dent The world is ending! Whether its origins are from science fiction books or action movies, the previously stated apocalyptic exclamation awakens a nightmare that exists in the subconscious of all humans because they have a proclivity to interact within a society. To further explain, when civilization dissipates, humans turn to the other side of behavioral nature: savagery. The theme of personality progression is exemplified in Lord of the Flies, a story set on an island in which the social conduct of its inhabitants represents a microcosm of civilization. Golding crafts the microcosm to suggest that humans are destined to transition from being innocent to living in a state of evil.

The Dark Knight is an action hero film from 2008 directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan. It is Christopher Nolan’s second film based on the comic hero Batman, and it’s the second movie to the 2005 Batman Begins. As Roger Ebert explains, “It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the entire production.” The stars include Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman. This is the second film to Batman Begins Batman is out to hunt down a crime mafia in Gotham City, until a criminal named The Joker wants to make Batman fall victim to his schemes, The Joker puts Gotham City into terror and obligates Batman to choose between being a hero or a vigilante.

Batman: The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan is non-stop action thriller that continually did the unexpected. The film is based off of the original Batman comic book but additionally changes the perception of the everyday world as good to naturally bad. Throughout the movie, Batman stands for honesty and goodness while the Joker is a symbolism of chaos and evil. Both sides are forced to make quick-witted decisions in order to stop the opposing vigilante from doing his desired work. The citizens of Gotham are put in the heart of this circumstance and feel obligated to go against their values to stop the chaos. Numerous people habitually pursue their dreams and values but often become blinded from their

When comics were first coming out, they were not all that popular but in todays’ world, they have become very popular and well known. Several of these comics have been turned into films, which is one of the many reasons why the popularity has been rising over the years. One of the most well known comics is Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. This comic was composed and released in 1986 by Frank Miller. With the usage of Frank Miller’s powerful, intense lines and the artwork done by Klaus Janson’s and Lynn Varley’s it has elevated this comic up to the very top of mainstream comics. In Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the skillful illustrations on the pages successfully create the thought that there are underlying meanings, which makes the atmosphere a very intense one throughout the comic. The work of art that is presented on the pages in this comic are embedded in such a way that the pages become the continuum for the meaning. One of the main themes that are imbedded on the pages through the artwork in this book is the ideological struggle between Bruce Wayne and Batman.

For many of us, this is the comic book film that started it all. Up until 1989, the only real memorable comic book films (to be treated with love and affection) had been Superman I & II – so it was a long time coming when Batman finally received a modern, realistic treatment from Tim Burton. Burton’s Batman is a rare instance where star-power worked in the film’s favor, even though the initial reaction to the casting of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman was less than enthusiastic. However, Michael Keaton proved all of his doubters wrong and is still the best Batman to EVER grace the big screen (yeah, THE BEST). Keaton is perfect in the persona of a dark, brooding Batman, yet was even better as the richer-than-sin playboy billionaire,

In the film, The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan, The Joker, one of Batman's most dangerous enemies whose aim is too push Batman to his ultimate limits, to break his personal rules and strict moral code. This, being the Jokers only reason to live, he has no fear of death and pain. The Joker is characterised as a calculating and logical criminal, a rebel with minimal empathy or moral and a nemesis who commits purposeless crime. Together these characteristics are developed through specific and appropriate use of technical aspects, such as, camera movement, camera angles, props and dialogue. Together these techniques create a character who is an extraordinary to watch, as he causes chaos in Gotham City, all to get

"The Dark Knight" is grimly magisterial. It's a summer blockbuster that contemplates near-total civic disaster: Crowds surge, tractor-trailers flip, and buildings explode, but the pop violence feels heavy, mournful. Light barely escapes the film's gravitational pull.

Working from a screenplay by Chris Terrio (“Argo”) and David S. Goyer (“The Dark Knight Rises”), director Zack Snyder delivers a superhero epic that’s a significant improvement on his work on its predecessor, “Man of Steel.” That’s due in large part to the controversially cast Affleck, who brings not only physical but psychological heft to the Dark Knight and practically steals the

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Harvey Dent was referring to superheroes when he said this, but he didn't realize how applicable it can be to everyday life. Every day we make small choices that make us the villain or hero in some degree. Inside all of us is a villain that tempts us down a windy, misleading road, and also a hero that calls us to fulfill our moral obligations. It's in our human nature to choose the villainous side though, as Alexander Pope said, "to err is human; to forgive divine." What separates us from those villains is our ability to look these temptations in the face and deny them, send them into the pits of our mind and take the upper path. Having said that, if I had to