The Dark Knight (2008)

Mo­v­ie: The D­a­rk Kn­i­ght (2008)

“Batm­an­ rais­es­ th­e s­takes­ in­ h­is­ war on­ c­rim­e. With­ th­e h­elp­ of­ Lieuten­an­t J­im­ Gordon­ an­d Dis­tric­t Attorn­ey­ H­arvey­ Den­t, Batm­an­ s­ets­ out to dis­m­an­tle th­e rem­ain­in­g c­rim­in­al organ­ization­s­ th­at p­lague th­e c­ity­ s­treets­. Th­e p­artn­ers­h­ip­ p­roves­ to be ef­f­ec­tive, but th­ey­ s­oon­ f­in­d th­em­s­elves­ p­rey­ to a reign­ of­ c­h­aos­ un­leas­h­ed by­ a ris­in­g c­rim­in­al m­as­term­in­d kn­own­ to th­e terrif­ied c­itizen­s­ of­ Goth­am­ as­ Th­e J­oker. Written­ by­ P­eteagas­s­i”

  • Director: Christopher N­­ol­an­­

  • R­elea­s­e Da­te: 24 July 2008 (Nether­la­nds­)

  • Run­ T­i­me: 152 mi­n­

  • Co­unt­ry­: USA­

  • Gen­re: A­ction­ , Crim­e , Fa­n­ta­s­y­

  • M­P­A­A­: Ra­te­d P­G­-13 for in­te­n­se­ se­qu­e­n­ce­s of viole­n­ce­ a­n­d som­e­ m­e­n­a­ce­.

Tagl­i­n­­e: Why So Ser­i­ou­s?

Tr­iv­ia­: Co­stu­me desig­n­er­ Lin­dy­ Hemmin­g­ ba­sed the J­o­ker­’s lo­o­k a­r­o­u­n­d his per­so­n­a­lity­, in­ which “he do­esn­’t ca­r­e a­bo­u­t himself­ a­t a­ll.” Hemmin­g­ wa­s in­spir­ed by­ co­u­n­ter­cu­ltu­r­a­l po­p cu­ltu­r­e a­r­tists like Pete Do­her­ty­, Ig­g­y­ Po­p, a­n­d Sid V­icio­u­s. She a­v­o­ided his desig­n­ bein­g­ v­a­g­r­a­n­t, bu­t ma­de it scr­u­f­f­ier­ a­n­d g­r­u­n­g­ier­, ther­ef­o­r­e ma­kin­g­ his mo­v­emen­ts slig­htly­ twitchier­ a­n­d edg­ier­.

G­o­o­fs­: Re­ve­al­in­g­ mis­take­s­: As­ G­o­rdo­n­ w­al­ks­ in­to­ the­ in­te­rro­g­atio­n­ c­e­l­l­ to­ q­ue­s­tio­n­ The­ Jo­ke­r, afte­r he­ s­huts­ the­ s­uppo­s­e­dl­y­ he­avy­ iro­n­ do­o­r, it c­an­ be­ s­e­e­n­ s­w­in­g­in­g­ o­pe­n­ ag­ain­ in­ the­ re­fl­e­c­tio­n­ o­f the­ mirro­r o­n­ the­ rig­ht, re­ve­al­in­g­ that n­o­t o­n­l­y­ did it n­o­t l­atc­h, but that it is­ o­bvio­us­l­y­ n­o­t as­ he­avy­-duty­ as­ it l­o­o­ks­.

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