There has been several movies made that tells the story of Batman and the Joker. These movies all revolve around similar plots but with different details. Batman: 1989 and The Dark Knight are two similar and distinctive movies that show the dynamics of life. They show that choice is something everyone makes and the two movies differ in what choice each character chooses. Choice isn’t the only thing that varies. The objects used and the physical aspects of the characters is also different in each movie. Overall each movie is telling the same story only in a different way.
The movie, Batman: 1989 portrays Batman just like The Dark Knight does. Both tell the story of how Bruce Wayne overcame obstacles to become Batman only to face new ones. Batman is fighting the villains of Gotham, finding love, and trying to keep Gotham from seeing him as an enemy all while he is living two identities. Although batman is already in love in The Dark Knight, both movies show how Bruce discovers that being Batman means being in love is dangerous. Batman: 1989 has Batman’s interest, Vikki, targeted by the Joker because the Joker was interested in her also. The Dark Knight is different because the Joker only targets Rachel in order to get to Batman. The Joker targets both Vikki and Rachel with the intention of hurting them. Both Batman’s see this but only the Batman in The Dark Knight loses the woman he loves while the other gets the so called happy ending.
While the Batman’s are facing certain obstacles so are the villains. The villain in each movie is the Joker. The joker character is a sadistic genius. Batman: 1989 has the Joker created by being exposed to chemical waste while The Dark Knights Joker just appeared in the city. Both Jokers’ main...
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...super which helps set a certain audacious vibe for that Batman. The Joker however dresses more like a well-dressed buffoon. Both Jokers seem to be fans of suits. The Joker out of Batman: 1989 is a Beetlejuice psycho while the Batman out of The Dark Knight is a Mad Hatter with sour green hair. Batman’s gadgets have also seemed to change from the years 1989 to 2008. Although his gadgets seem more up to date in the 2008 movie, the gadgets in the 1989 movie are still very similar to the ones in the 2008 movie. The scenes in both movies are also very similar. Both movies have the essential places like the mansion, police station, and etc. Nothing seems to change too much in the scenes on both movies but there are different scenes. For example, in the movie Batman: 1989 Bruce is confronted with the Joker at Vikki’s apartment’s which doesn’t happen in The Dark Knight.
Many Americans like to watch movies, specifically comic book based movies. Watching super heroes and villains with abnormal powers bring pleasure, excitement to numerous Americans across the country. The Joker is one of the many villains Americans enjoy watching. Movies like The Dark Knight and Batman have been created based on the Batman comic books, though, the villains in both films have a couple similarities and differences. Through analyzing both villains, it can be evident which Joker is more like the original Joker from the Batman comic books. The Joker from Batman and The Joker from The Dark Knight have both similar appearances and behaviors, but are very different when it comes to their goals.
Bruce Wayne, Batman’s secret identity, is an American billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and owner of Wayne Enterprises. Batman is one of the most well-known and well-liked superheroes of all time probably because of all of the comics, TV shows, movies and video games with him in it. Many are interested in Batman mainly because he is human, has no super powers and no special abilities just like a normal person but continues in many super human things using his gadgets, a body suit and a brilliant mind. Not only are these some of the differences between him and some other super heroes but he wants to see justice served and to defeat his enemies because he focuses on what is right and what is wrong. Batman has starred in about fourteen films both as a starring character and as an ensemble character beginning in 1943 and the latest in 2012 with two more coming in 2016 and 2017. Having earned a total of U.S. $1,900,844,295, the Batman series is the fifth-highest-grossing film series in North America. The first full-length movie of batman made in 1989 shows that to overcome great diversity one must step out of the bounds of what is socially and morally acceptable though the characterization of Batman, the contrast between
Batman occurs in a time period and setting location different from Beowulf. Batman takes place in a city named Gotham city that resembles much of that in modern New York city. Gotham is a modern city congested with buildings and people. Beowulf setting is in Denmark during a more medieval period with a less number of people. Another Difference between both heroes is their personality. Batman is more of hypocritical man who cares for the good of the people. Batman also does not believe in killing people no matter the situation or the individual. Overall Batman is more of a modest man who does not care for fame neither does he care for money. Batman uses a mask so his face remains concealed and free from the public and his enemies. Beowulf is more of an arrogant character with lots of pride and unafraid to kill, he likes to show off and only fights battles that have rewards for him. Often the rewards being money and fame. Batman relies on knowledge, gadgets and his sidekick Robin unlike Beowulf who relies on strength and agility with little to no weapons and no combat partner. Comparing batman with Beowulf bring out a great differentiation between both, nevertheless still having similarities and being
Somebody who had established higher power in their community. Somebody who tried to run from fate, and has the moment of recognition and understanding of their destiny. Batman. Even though he is considered the strong and powerful superhero of Gotham City, Batman's characteristic features show that he relates strongly to that of a "tragic" hero. In the beginning, the Batman is presented at a higher state of appreciation, even though the police see him as a vigilante. Despite his wealth, Batman, otherwise known as Bruce Wayne, is easily relatable to audiences, which makes it easy to sympathize and empathize with the character. Batman is in a constant battle within himself, trying to be the good guy, while defeating the bad guys. His morals prove true when he admits that he won't kill any of the many villians that cause destruction for Gotham City. But, because of this moral, sometimes the villians end up escaping and doing more harm then good. In the end, this interal chaos and internal battle is seen interally and externally through Batman. At the end of the most recent Batman series, The Dark Knight, his exit at the end of the movie is, in essence, his figurative death. Bruce Wayne wants to keep Gotham City safe. And with the "Batman" gone, villians will be least likely to continue to destroy and conquer. As an audience, we cling to the edge of our seats and feel dismay for our beloved superhero and what is to become of
The Batman versus The Joker, your typical good versus evil, a conflict that has long held humanity’s interest. It raises the question, though, of what defines goodness and what makes something evil. Often the differentiation is based on morals, which prove to be the subject of discussion for philosophers when they’re going over ethics. This differentiation is also what can be given credit for why good versus evil is so compelling, in media the line between good and evil is often blurred in some places, requiring the viewer to make their own judgement on the ethics of characters, their actions, and their motivations. Depending on the ethics of the viewer characters can be judged on different criteria, for some it is only the intention of the character that matters and the result is superfluous, to the contrary some base the goodness of a character solely on the results of their actions and give little to no thought to the motivation behind said actions. Perhaps the most interesting of the viewers would give no comment at all, them being incapable of deeming a character moral or immoral, good or evil, because in their opinion no such thing as good or evil exists.
“The film was shot using a wider than usual lens so that it could be shown in I-MAX cinemas nationwide. Today’s audiences want an experience bigger than reality. We have to go that extra mile to give them that something extra.” Chris Nolan also insisted that the film should have a distinctive style which included making the film feel sincerely dark and sinister. Very rarely were the cameras sat still instead the cameras used very technical tricks e.g.: tracking, zoom. This film was originally promoted using a very unique style. Instead of paying for adverts they decided to promote the film using an alternative route. One of the ways this was accomplished was by de facing thousands of fake dollar notes by putting the jokers smile on top of the original face. A sane yet effective way was when many “Batman” recruits placed Joker cads into hundreds of books in libraries to do with death, this had the desired effect as many people became stirred up as to what this meant. The next alternative was to send out spam emails to the site named www.whysoserious.com. But when did Batman evolve as part of our lives. It was in 1939 when the world was introduced to a new hero. Bob Kane’s simple vigilante, Batman. The comics were e-introduced during the 50’s period. Yet due to Comic Book Censorship the violence was forced to gradually become weaker. The well anticipated Batman retuned in the 1970’s. Yet to intrigue a wider variety of audience he appeared more complicated and violent than previous comics. Today’s Batman comics show Batman as a real man with realistic and varied dilemmas. Due to these changes Batman is now one of the most original and adored comic book heroes. Nolan’s interpretation is a variety of the previous comics. It includes the violence of the First Batman mixed with the complexity and realism of today’s modern comics.
Smoke billows out from a Manhattan skyscraper, damaged by a fiery explosion. This could easily be a scene from 9/11, however we see Batman looking grimly on as a poster advertises the film will be released soon. Clearly this film plays on the fears of terrorism. As depicted in The Dark Knight, the Joker plays the terrorist, while Gotham’s leadership struggles to contain him. The film departs from the superhero ideals of pure good versus pure evil, showing a murky world where moral decisions have to be made in order to stop evil. Because of this, The Dark Knight seems to be an allegory for the War on Terrorism. This paper will look at how the Joker represents terrorism, while Batman represents George Bush and his administration’s War on Terror.
According to Know Tyself , “The cosmic irony is this: The Joker is, really, the sane one and Batman is the delusional one. Batman fights for Justice - for righteousness. And not only that, but he goes around in a giant bat suit to defend these socially constructed, arbitrary, subjective concepts that don't have any objective substance in reality.”
The Dark Knight and Rosemary’s Baby have very similar themes that help guide the films along and tell two very intriguing stories. Both Nolan and Polanski use lighting keys and color usage of costumes to convey these themes. The main theme that can be seen continuously throughout both films is the unsettling
There are many distinct themes continued throughout The Dark Knight, but two of the most prominent examples are the role of fortune and false goods, as well as good always prevailing at the end of the day. The two protagonists in this movie are Harvey Dent and Batman, who together fight the evil forces of the Joker and the mob. The Joker’s goal is to turn Gotham against itself, bring chaos to the city, and to drag heroes like the Batman and Harvey Dent down to his level. Due to these major opposing forces and desires, there are large battles that ensue and cause much destruction, and many innocent lives to be lost. The Joker attacks people in the system one by one until he has Harvey as a target, and attempts to corrupt him. This is because
Why so serious? If I were to ask you that question six months ago, you wouldn’t understand the phrase. Now that The Dark Knight has been made though, most people will understand what I am talking about. Ever since The Dark Knight was created, the joker has been thrust back into the public eye. Most people only know the joker from the performances of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight and Jack Nicholson in the 1989 film Batman. Most people forget that the Joker has been a villain since 1940 in Batman #1 (spring edition). The Joker has been reinvented every decade since his first appearance. He started off as a homicidal maniac, then a criminal that was just a harmless nuisance to becoming a mass murdering, schizophrenic clown that we know today. He has been named number one on the Wizard’s list for one hundred all-time villains. In this speech I will tell you how the joker was created, the criminal career of the joker, and trademark characteristics of the joker.
It was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Batman's first comic was the lead story in 1939's Detective Comics #27. Accordingly Batman is known as Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne choose the name batman because when he was young bats would swarm him and he was terrified. To overcome that fear he named himself Batman. He was inspired to become batman when he was working one day and a bat flew into a window. Bruce became Batman at the age of 25 and then Robin came shortly after at the age of 12 when Bruce was 26. Then 6 years later Robin left Bruce to become his own hero leaving Bruce at the age of 32. Robin is known as Batman's sidekick. Batmans suit is bullet and fireproof.
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 publicity and Heath's performance was spotlighted, many people thought this might take the focus off what might be a great film and onto Ledger's performance alone. The film was released, and, although Ledger's performance was nothing short of astonishing the spotlight and focus was not taken off the film itself and the movie subsequently gained wide, and thoroughly deserved, critical acclaim. In my opinion an exceptional solo performance isn't capable of taking focus off a good film if it is itself worthy of credit, the performance is simply a different aspect of the film.
The terms "hero" and "villain" are as distinct as the terms "good" and "evil." They are mutually exclusive; the hero is courageous, popular, strong, morally, and willing to save the people at whatever cost, while the villain is despicable, hated, and heinous to his core. However, when we turn away from the archetypal world of comic books, this distinction is no longer as clear. When we look at real human beings we do not see a hero as a hero or a villain as a villain, but rather individuals composed of varying degrees of both extremes. No hero is perfect, and no villain is completely heinous. The most recent film adaptation of the DC Comic series Batman presents this truth of human nature. The Dark Knight Rises effectively communicates the
Batman Begins has an incredible amount of struggles that not only Bruce Wayne must face but all of Gotham must face. The first of many of these was Thomas and Martha Wayne's sudden death at the beginning. This left both the people of Gotham and Bruce Wayne to struggle along without them “Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself and Gotham has limped on ever since.” (Batman Begins, Ras Al Ghul, Scene 31) This also created much anger and rage in Bruce Wayne that he released as Batman. There is also the struggle with the crime rate in Gotham and keeping alive the cities slowly falling government. These things differ from the Dark Knight where the struggles are with mainly the Joker and his actions. Many more unexpected and out of control struggles occur in The Dark Knight. The Joker (mastermind terrorist) creates many series of problems and difficulties for Batman, Gordon, Dent, and all of Gotham in general. Another big problem, quite different from the first one is the capturing of Joker. Unlike the first film, the struggles of The Dark Knight are much more external while the first one was fixing what was on Gotham’s internal problems. An example was after Rachel’s death it changed Harvey into an evil person therefore changing the whole ending of the movie, and a lot of the next one. Another big difference between the two films is The Dark Knight has a lot more violence and explosions,