The qualities expressed by an antihero are opposite of those expressed by a true hero. Where a true hero is brave and resourceful‚ an antihero (also spelled anti-hero) is weak and limited. Where a hero is personable and honest‚ an antihero may be annoying and manipulative. A hero succeeds in his quest through virtue and valor and the help of friends. An antihero may succeed or he may fail. He is often alone but‚ when he has friends‚ his friends are of the ignoble sort. The list of qualities and antithetical
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The Dark Knight Rises There are good movies and then there are movies that simply blow your mind. Since 2005‚ the “Dark Knight” trilogy has captivated its viewers with its deep story line and compelling characters. Christopher Nolan’s latest installment of the “Dark Knight” trilogy definitely belongs in the latter category. The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to the trilogy and viewers will not be disappointed because entire film is jam packed with intense‚ fast paced action and heart
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Many people watch different movies from time to time to entertain us‚ get out of reality‚ or just to kill time. Two very well-known and famous movies are The Dark Knight and Man of Steel. The Dark Knight‚ directed by Christopher Nolan is a hero who fights crime and goes by the name of Batman also known as Bruce Wayne. Man of Steel‚ directed by Zack Snyder is too a superhero who fights crime alias Superman whose name is Clark Kent. While these two characters have many similarities like fighting crime
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English 1010-010 The Batman (also referred to as the Dark Knight) is a character that fights crime while doubling as a billionaire (Bruce Wayne)‚ that signifies nearly two generations of heroism through the youth and even adult based viewer market. The society of which people live in today gives a vast understanding of the elements that makes up the Batman and his persona. He gives the world a sense of many aspects of the human individuality. The oddity that is the Batman is something that the viewers
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The film The Dark Knight Rises is very phallocentric and masculine. It also focuses on and uses gothic themes to present and challenge the fears a current age person has in today’s society. Its use of gothic themes creates a setting that helps amplify and enhance these fears. The setting has a gloomy atmosphere‚ urban decay. A sense of an underworld is created through dark tunnels and hidden secrets‚ this also gives Gotham City a labyrinthine quality. The film also uses aerial shots of the city‚
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Frankenstein Essay One of the reasons the movie‚ The Dark Knight‚ has done so well is because it toyed with the viewer’s sense of morality. In one of the scenes the hero‚ Bruce Wayne‚ had to choose between saving Harvey Dent‚ a district attorney‚ or Rachel‚ who was Harvey’s girlfriend. Ultimately‚ Bruce had chosen Harvey and left Rachel to die‚ causing the downfall of Harvey Dent to become a vicious murderer. This brought the question in the viewer’s mind whether Harvey was responsible for letting
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Directors often use framing to portray a scene or character in a way that provides information to the viewer. Throughout The Dark Knight Rises‚ (2012)‚ Christopher Nolan uses framing to convey the balance of power between characters of a given scene. This element of cinematography is most evident in shots that feature the villain‚ Bane. Even though the actor that plays Bane is 5’9”‚ he appears taller and powerful due Nolan’s use of low angle framing. During the scene in the airplane before Bane
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The Dark Knight Trilogy 1. Call To Adventure A key part of the Batman movies is that when Bruce was young‚ he fell into an empty well filled with bats and developed a major phobia of them. Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents get murdered by a mugger by the name of Joe Chill when he was young. After years of being raised by his butler‚ Alfred‚ he decides that he is going to kill Joe Chill before he testifies against Mob Boss Falcone. At the courthouse‚ Bruce stands and waits‚ gun in hand. He
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suspense. Examples of these Conventions in films are Scarface‚ Breaking Bad‚ The Taken series‚ The Godfather and the one which I’m currently analysing‚ The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan’s‚ The Dark Knight is not fiction in the usual way the superhero films are. There is no godlike alien wandering the Earth‚ nor a man in a robot suit. The Dark Knight is‚ instead‚ a Psychological science fiction movie about an
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and lighthearted‚ or how horrific and tragic a film is perceived by the audience. This paper will provide an analysis of Hans Zimmer’s composition of the soundtrack to the movie The Dark Knight Rises. This dark‚ intense and emotionally pounding soundtrack pairs perfectly with the tension between the mysterious Batman character and his latest evil nemesis Bane. We will examine the musical characteristics of two selections from this soundtrack‚ the first selection examined is “Gotham’s Reckoning”
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