The dark knight rises is the longest batman movie yet film junk. Why the dark knight trilogy is the worst thing to happen. Jan 12, 2018 its been ten years since the dark knight was released. Eight years after the jokers reign of anarchy, batman, with the help of the enigmatic catwoman, is forced from his exile to save gotham city from the brutal guerrilla terrorist bane. Dec 01, 2017 the dark knight director christopher nolan has claimed that the batman trilogy is the last time that a filmmaker will be afforded the luxury of time on a studio movie. How long was bruce wayne actually batman in this trilogy. The dark knight is a film thats fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and. The trilogy is considered by many to be one of the best of all times. With the aid of thief selina kyle, bruce is able to return. Posted on wednesday, october 17th, 2007 by peter sciretta the dark knight viral website has been updated with a jackolantern.
But no film captured what pundits like to call post911 america better than christopher nolans the dark knight. Why no dceu film will ever top the dark knight youtube. With maury sterling, craig frank, daniel vincent gordh, chloe dykstra. Jul 18, 2008 dark as night and nearly as long, christopher nolans new batman movie feels like a beginning and something of an end. The dark knight is my idea of the perfect movie completing various character arcs and requiring no build up. And batmans origin story comes from a tragic event in bruce waynes childhood, when his parents. The role of the joker in the dark knight was played by heath ledger. When the menace known as the joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of gotham, batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. At the end of the movie, the only lives in danger are the people who are on the two boats. The dark knight is a 2008 britishamerican superhero movie. Welcome to the dark knight legacy, a series of articles that explore christopher nolans superhero masterpiece in celebration of its 10th anniversary. The dark knight rises is the longest batman movie yet. Dark, complex, and unforgettable, the dark knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film.
Joker beats the dark knight oscar nominations record for a comic book movie ryan scott jan, 2020. Oct 22, 2017 joker original mix licensed to youtube by. With christian bale, tom hardy, anne hathaway, gary oldman. The movie begins with a gang of men with clown masks breaking into the bank where the mob has a large portion of their money stashed.
While most fans will say that the dark knight is the best movie, cbr takes a look at 15 reasons why rises is the better batman film. Exploring the joker scars story in the dark knight film. Where trailers from the past, from recent to long ago, from a time. Proton llc music publishing, and 3 music rights societies. Batman was a 15chapter serial film released in 1943 by columbia pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film. It stars christian bale, heath ledger, michael caine, and aaron eckhart. The dark knight trilogy simple english wikipedia, the free.
The dark knight 2008 is a film of treachery and deceit which, in some ways, is marred by its very complexity. A psychopathic criminal mastermind and mass murderer with a warped, sadistic sense of humor, the joker is hired by gotham citys mob bosses to kill the vigilante batman. Director todd phillips joker scored 11 oscar nominations setting a new record for comic book. The last knight is a 2017 american science fiction action film based on the transformers toy line. Christopher nolan talks about his writing process cbr. The long night quietly adds context to what we already knew. More than just offering topical parallels for the prior seven years rendition. The dark knight, which was about 2 and a half hour long, felt more like crimethriller than a superhero movie it was, unsurprisingly, the elements that were more grounded to the comicbook world, like the character of twoface and the cheesy goyercrafted oneliners, that were the worst parts of the film. It was released on july 18, 2008 in the united states. The dark knight was the highest grossing film of 2008 in the us. It includes batman begins 2005, the dark knight 2008, and the dark knight rises 2012.
Christopher nolans the dark knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an. I rewatch it at least once per year, and every time i do i get sucked right back in. This is the ending to one of the most spectacular movies ever made. But for most movie fansand not just superhero fansthe dark knight is a film for the ages. The joker is a fictional character who appears in christopher nolans 2008 superhero film the dark knight, based upon the dc comics character and supervillain of the same name.
Madness, as you know, is like gravity, all it takes is a little push. Mar 03, 2015 the dark knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and cowritten by christopher nolan. How hans zimmer composed the batman dark knight theme. He didnt finish it, and other actors came on to finish the movie. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. One dark night is a 1983 american supernatural horror film directed by tom mcloughlin and starring meg tilly, e. The effects are spectacular and, given the lack of realism in comicbook superhero films, fitting for the subjectmatter. Jul 24, 2008 to me, its highly unlikely that the dark knight will turn up on slower lists like the american film institutes 100 greatest movies of all time, sight and sounds top ten or any other. Since then, the dc extended universe has flourished.
The dark knight series is a set of three christopher nolan batman movies. The dark knight 2008 is the second entry in christopher nolans batman film trilogy, the dark knight trilogy a year after the events of batman begins, batman christian bale, lieutenant james gordon gary oldman, and district attorney harvey dent aaron eckhart have achieved real success in taking down gothams organized crime by hitting the mob where it hurts. The dark knight movie simple english wikipedia, the. The directors sequel to batman begins the dark knight will become the first feature film to be partly shot in the imax format, an expensive and cumbersome process that typically is the province of documentaries and short films. The dark knight is a film thats fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter. Now, it is said that the dark knight rises is 8 years after the ending of the previous film, the last reported sighting of the batman. Still, i dont think ive ever been more excited for a movie. Film critics, costars maggie gyllenhaal and michael caine, and many of ledgers colleagues in the film community joined bale in calling for and predicting a nomination for the 2008 academy award for best supporting actor in recognition of ledgers performance in the dark knight. Christian bale turned down fourth christopher nolan batman.
What is the time frame for batman begins, the dark knight and. He was working on the imaginarium of doctor parnassus when he died. The dark knight 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The dark knight s threeway alliance between james gordon, harvey dent and batman found its origin in the long halloweens story of three allies in a sea of corruption. Legends of the dark knight halloween specials which were reprinted in batman.
Thats because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the entire production. Based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the. The cultural impact of the dark knight 10 years later. They suggest that a sixth member of the gang nicknamed the joker who did the planning, but sat out the robbery, doesnt deserve a cut. Christian bale, michael caine, gary oldman, morgan freeman, and cillian murphy appeared in all three movies. Jul 18, 2018 the dark knight legitimized comicbook moviesnot with audiences who, after all, made the original batman a huge success in 1989, but with studios. When zimmer got started writing the dark knight theme song, he realized that there wasas he describes itan endless heroic theme about batman. Just months after its release, the dark knight was voted by empire readers as the 15th greatest film of all time. An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. If anything counts against it though, it is its running time.
Sadly this was his last role as he died of a drug overdose not long after this film. Dark knight legacy is a fan film set one year after the dark knight rises, following robin john blakes heroic journey to protect the symbol of batman from the lethal, relentless attacks of a masked vigilante known only as the red hood. Lets compare an entire series of films to just one movie, shall we. Revealing how he uses diagrams to maintain the oftencomplex structures of his work, nolan said he tends to begin with the blank page.
As said previously, bruce wayne had been batman for 5 years. Dark as night and nearly as long, christopher nolans new batman movie feels like a beginning and something of an end. He is, after all, a superhero protecting gotham city from evil at night. Dark night is an extraordinarily accomplished mood piece saddled with a shallow condemnation of middleamerican culture. Christian bale stars as bruce wayne batman, alongside michael caine, gary. Since then weve seen the rise and fall of the dc cinematic. How long was batman active for in the dark knight trilogy.
Batman comics that inspired dark knight, according to. Im curious as to whether or not well hear that gem in this movie, though im betting we probably wont. With kevin durand, lukas haas, bianca kajlich, nick damici. As far as im concerned, not only is the dark knight the best batman movie ever, it is the best superhero movie of all time. During the film, set eight years after dark knight, the arrival of new foe bane forces bruce to return to his old role as batman, only to find himself overpowered and captured by bane as gotham is cut off from the rest of the world with a stolen wayne enterprises fusion generator prototype set to go off in a few months. Bruce was really the dark knight for six months, then quit after a bad day with the. The dark knight trilogy is one of the three trilogies to be charted in imdb top 250 movies.
Assessing the themes of the dark knight posted on sunday, july 20th, 2008 by david chen i hauled my ass out of bed at 7. Based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the second part of nolans batman film. This movie will forever be the film every future batman movie will be measured against. To do this i will need to analyse a thriller opening scene. With christian bale, heath ledger, aaron eckhart, michael caine. Apr 18, 2020 the dark knight throws a huge ethical curveball that determines the rest of the film, with the joker heath ledger forcing batman to choose who to save from a firey catch22. Like its predecessors, the film is directed by michael bay and features mark wahlberg reprising his role from age of.
After all, the dark knight cannot be all dark now can it. Lessons of the dark knight, on its fifth anniversary. The natural petulance of christian bale makes his ego and alter ego the most fascinating and complex of all film superheroes. Of all the most anticipated movies ever claiming that title. For quite a long run, it was seen as the gold standard for superhero films. She knew she had to be there, at the side of azor ahai, to save the world from darkness. Nov 18, 2019 christian bale and christopher nolans dark knight trilogy is widely considered one of the best comic book franchises in film history, and it proved to be a huge financial win for warner.
Feb 20, 20 the dark knight 2008 this feature is not available right now. Episode v the empire strikes back 1980, and star wars. The dark knight was released in 2008, and the film is indeed set in 2008. The film follows three teenage women sent to a mausoleum for the night as part of a high school initiation rite. In this mini scene from the dark knight, the joker shows homemade movies how to make a pencil disappear. The dark knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, coproduced, and cowritten by christopher nolan. Christian bale turned down request for fourth batman movie. The dark knight 2008 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. After the stunning bat pod chase sequence, the rest of the action scenes in the movie. Ledgers performance alone is good enough to make the dark knight a very good movie, but fortunately this is a film with even more than that making it the not just the best film of the summer. The dark knight trilogy batman begins the dark knight. Ben affleck debuted as the caped crusader in zack snyders 2016 comic book movie.
The long halloween is a issue american comic book limited series written by jeph loeb with art by tim sale. Based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the second installment of nolans the dark knight trilogy and a sequel to 2005s batman begins, starring christian bale and supported by michael caine, heath ledger, gary oldman, aaron eckhart, maggie gyllenhaal, and morgan freeman. The dark knight is a film that strongly expresses the idea that a relatively measured but specific threat can be extremely compelling. The dark knight rises 2012 hd exclusive featurette making of the film duration. In this case, the opening sequence is from the dark knight.
Completely eschewing the campier images of the worlds greatest detective previously splashed in theaters by tim burton and joel schumacher, christopher nolan reintroduced the character to movie audiences in 2005. Its been ten years since the release of the best batman movie the dark knight. Based on the dc comics character batman, it is the final installment in nolans the dark knight trilogy, and the sequel to the dark knight 2008. Directed by christopher nolan the dark knight became a sensational hit collecting over 500 million domestically and 1 billion.
Its been ten years since the dark knight was released. It was originally published by dc comics in 1996 and 1997. When the menace known as the joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of gotham, batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and. The joker first appears in person at the beginning of the dark knight, as part of a sixmember gang wearing clown masks who rob a mobowned bank. The dark knight rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by christopher nolan, who cowrote the screenplay with his brother jonathan nolan, and the story with david s. Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment. In the gotham tonight news segments released to promote the dark knight it reports on election 08 and states that the attack on the narrows which happens at the end of this film took place nine months previously. Hes a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.
It is the fifth installment of the liveaction transformers film series and a sequel to 2014s age of extinction. For the caped crusader nicknamed the dark knight, see batman. The dark knight trilogy simple english wikipedia, the. Batman the dark knight the joker compilation all scenes. The dark knight in this presentation my aim is to produce a nine shot analysis on a similar film to our media assessment. The dark knight has long been a nickname of batman, much like the joker is often called the clown prince of crime. At 152 minutes, its a shade too long, and its much too intense for kids. Christopher nolans the dark knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It begins with five clowns, each getting a cut of the spoils. Being a world war ii era production, the movie serial like many of this period was used as wartime propaganda and had an antijapanese bent with j. The new batman film carries a lengthy running time of 152 minutes.
Jul 16, 2018 the dark knight is, gun to my head, my favorite film ever. The dark knight is the highest grossing batman film ahead of the 1989 batman and 2005 batman begins. Homemade movies serves up creative remakes of your favorite movies, trailers and original. Christopher nolan discusses the dark knight trilogy and. At twoandhalf hours long the dark knight is too long and too short at the same time. He tricks four of them into killing each other, then kills the last one himself and escapes with the money. The dark knights legacy, 10 years later the atlantic. Proton llc, kontor new media music on behalf of mono repeat. What is the time frame for batman begins, the dark knight. It was the second movie in the dark knight trilogy.
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