The Dark Knight Film Analysis Kevin Franklin The Dark Knight is a 2008 action hero film co-written‚ produced‚ and directed by Christopher Nolan. It is Nolan’s second film based around the DC Comics character Batman‚ and the film is the sequel to the 2005 film‚ Batman Begins. Christian Bale returns to play the role of Bruce Wayne‚ the billionaire who defends Gotham City as Batman. Other returning cast members include Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox‚ Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth‚ and Gary
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Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a representation of the social problems which many individuals face in the Victorian era. His character Dr. Jekyll is an accurate representation of how society expects an individual to be‚ however‚ his character Mr. Hyde displays the many ways people in the upper class rebel. A percentage of the public such as single
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scene the Joker had two encounters: one with the elderly man and one with Rachel Dawes. This is important‚ because Joker tells two stories about his family history and reveals how he got his scars on his cheek. He mentions how he hated his father‚ because his father was alcoholic and abused his mother. (This is revealed in earlier scenes) When he confronted Rachel Dawes‚ he tells her another story of how his wife has a gambling problem and assumed debt. The loan sharks carved her face and she becomes
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The Joker” from the movie “ The Dark Knight” played by Heath Ledger. The Joker was a very strange character who sometimes showed no reasom to his actions. He had an sense of humor that nobody understands and his appeareacne is quite frightening. His face is painted in order to have some sort of appearence related to a clown. His hair is dyed green. Despite his appearence he proved to be very intelligent and strategic. The movie never gave any history background of the Joker. There is no information
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FACE RECOOGNITION This essay will talk about face recognition and several reasons why it has been studied separately. The ability to recognise faces is of huge significance of people’s daily life and differs in important ways from other forms of object recognition (Bruce and Young‚ 1986). Than this essay will talk about the processes involved in face recognition which comes from the diversity of research about familiar and unfamiliar faces-it includes behavioural studies‚ studies on brain-damaged
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stands out vibrantly. This helps to draw a person’s eye solely to the boy and not his surroundings when first glancing at the painting. However‚ everything in the painting adds to the boy’s overall look. While the Batman mask is covering his small face‚ leaving only is mouth and eyes to be seen‚ a person could still identify his expression coming through the mask. His expression in both his eyes and smile mimics that of an overjoyed child about to receive candy. The corners of the little boy’s mouth
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Take for instance‚ the two characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for example‚ being one person with a hidden monstrous alter ego. This type of monster depicts the monstrous side of human nature that does not show its’ inner or outer monster at first sight‚ but keeps it hidden
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The Two Faces of Harvey Dent Just like the proverbial adage of love and hate‚ superheroes and villains have a very thin line that separates the two. The I Ch’ing offers the Yin and Yang arguing that good cannot exist without evil. The question arises to try to determine what exactly makes someone a villain or a superhero. There is often a personal or emotional connection that the authors and film directors tries to convey so the audience can identify with the characters. Sometimes‚ fictional
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Mythological Themes in The Dark Night Modern day films have recycled ancient mythological symbols and themes that pre-existed many years ago. Themes in today’s films may appear different than those of ancient Greece‚ but in many ways these themes remain prevalent. One example of a movie that contains mythological and archetypal themes is “The Dark Knight” by Christopher Nolan. This film is about the character Batman or also known as Bruce Wayne‚ who is in a battle to protect Gotham city from
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yet he continually works above the law. For instance‚ he kills a seventeen-year-old mutant grunt and continually works with Bruce/Batman (Miller‚ 59‚ 46). Gordon again goes above the law by allowing the mutant leader to escape prison for Batman to face him (Miller‚ 98). Gordon does this because he agrees with the notion that men need to die for a war to be won. He also states that Batman is too big to be judged‚ implying that Batman is a force beyond good and evil (. By continually condoning Batman’s
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