villain." ―Harvey Dent[src] The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman‚ it is the sequel to the 2005 release‚ Batman Begins. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale as Batman‚ Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth‚ Heath Ledger as The Joker‚ Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two-Face‚ Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes‚ Gary Oldman as James Gordon and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. The Dark Knight was released July 18‚ 2008 in the United
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question‚ I want to say that The Dark Knight Rises is not a bad movie. It just pales in comparison to its predecessor‚ The Dark Knight. Also‚ spoilers! I will be analyzing how Christopher Nolan‚ the director‚ tried to incorporate the themes of truth versus lies and social inequalities‚ and ultimately fell short. To understand one of the major themes in The Dark Knight Rises‚ one has to first understand a critical plot driver in The Dark Knight.. The Dark Knight ends with a noble lie: Batman takes
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The Knights Templar were a monastic military order formed at the end of the First Crusade with the mandate of protecting Christian pilgrims on route to the Holy Land. Never before had a group of secular knights banded together and taken the monastic vows. In this sense they were the first of the Warrior Monks. The Templars fought along side King Richard I (Richard The Lion Hearted) and other Crusaders in the battles for the Holy Lands. From humble beginnings of poverty when the order relied on
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the world because it allows us to express ourselves. One culture from the late 1000s is the knights. The knights culture originated in the Middle Ages around Europe and Middle Asia. The culture of the knights is best studied by looking closer at the history of the knights‚ daily schedule of a knight‚ and the culture of knights today. The knights started growing around the 1050-1006. “By the 1066‚ knights were already a familiar sight in Normandy and other parts of France. At a time when kings were
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Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns questions what is right and what is wrong. It makes you wonder if the government is the bad guy‚ or if it is the criminals‚ or maybe even Batman himself. Miller uses duality and creates closure to show that there is always another side of the coin and all you have to do is flip it to see it. He also uses art to build context and tension by starting with art that is abstract. The art slowly changes to brighter colors and less abstract art as the tension
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What is a Lady Knight? She is strong‚ patient‚ smart‚ kind‚ spirited‚ and humble‚ yet she knows that she has just as much potential to succeed as anyone. She is helpful‚ genuine‚ considerate‚ respectful‚ motivated‚ and dedicated to whatever she pursues. She knows when and how to get her point across‚ but she does so with grace. She is a true lady. As a Lady Knight‚ I have learned to adapt all these qualities to ameliorate myself‚ on and off the court. I have learned that volleyball‚ like any sport
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Knights Templar Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about The Knights Templar Central Idea: The Templar Knights have a vast history that is not only steeped in legend‚ but contains ideas that still impact us today. The Templar Knights have a vast history that started as a small order of monks charged with protecting catholic pilgrims and grew to become one of the most powerful groups of its time that would give us an institution that many of us use on a daily basis‚ and one of our
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also developed self-seriousness and doubt‚ adding a welcome layer to the comic-book enterprise. The Dark Knight of four years ago had a villain‚ the Joker (Heath Ledger)‚ whose evilness had no affiliations and whose incendiary insanity burnt everything in its way. That included Batman (Bale)‚ Police Commissioner Gordon (Oldman) and a District Attorney‚ Harvey Dent‚ who was almost the ’White Knight’ everyone wanted till the burden proved too much. It hinted at the pointlessness of terror and the dilemmas
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classified The Dark Knight as belonging to the top movies of all time. While some argue that The Dark Knight doesn’t deserve to be on the greatest films of all time because of its advocacy of vigilantism‚ this claim is flawed because The
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“The Dark Knight of a Postmodern World” “The Dark Knight” is a film based on DC comic book character Batman and his fight to protect his home‚ Gotham City‚ from the antagonist‚ the Joker. Director Chris Nolan provides the viewer with not only an action film‚ but also a thought-provoking masterpiece. The film focuses on the thin line between sanity (Batman) and madness (Joker) and how anyone can easily turn from good to evil‚ the example being Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face in such a short
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