The Perfect Sequel

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2011)

Movie- The Dark Knight
Director- Christopher Nolan
Year- 2008
The title, The Dark Knight, has meaning in itself. Batman, played by Christian Bale, just one of the very talented actors partaking in the film, is a righteous man; he does what needs to be done for the good of Gotham City, but never goes beyond his moral boundaries. Batman never goes so far as to kill a criminal, even when tempted to, the way The Joker does near the end of the film when he and Batman have a showdown at the top of an unfinished building. However, Batman is not perfect because he has to act unseen in the shadows where he does the dirty work of the immaculate people the rest of society looks to for order, such as Harvey Dent. He is righteous and at the same time violent, and is blamed for murders, giving him the name The Dark Knight. The movie was exciting and thought provoking. There were moral dilemmas created by The Joker that leave you thinking what you would have done if forced to make such a decision. The theme of this film is that in order to bring change, one has to become more than just a man; one has to become a symbol.
The film suggests that chaos is an incessant threat to society. Society fears chaos, and although it takes a great number of people to establish order, it only takes one person to create chaos. The Joker, for instance, single-handedly takes the reputations of certain important people in Gotham City and stomps on them. He is able to turn Harvey Dent, the man that people believed in and trusted, into a villain and Batman, Gotham's savior, into someone that people fear and believe to be a murderer. Throughout the film you are bombarded with dark colors such as the black of Batman's costume and of night, which are placed alongside scenes such as the battles between The Joker and Batman. This shows the severity of the fight to maintain order in the city. The Dark Knight exemplifies the act of not going against your own moral codes. The fact that Batman chooses not to kill The Joker and that the civilians in the two ships chose not to blow each other up shows that you should always do what you believe to be right. This message is universal and relevant to everyone because everyone has beliefs and different ideas on what is right and wrong and this will never change.
The Dark Knight is an easy movie to enjoy. It offers exhilarating fight scenes, serious moral dilemmas, and questions about the society in which we live that resonate with you long after the movie is over. There were symbols all over the film. The Joker is a symbol of disorder and all the bad that people are capable of, while Batman is a symbol of order. Harvey Dent is a symbol of good, and The Joker counters him by also representing evil. Overall, The Dark Knight is pure genius.
–Raymond Cabrera