Finally saw Dark Knight. It was even more breathtaking than I expected; of course, you don't need me to tell you to go see it. Spoilers ahead
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The Dent part really bothered me. It was out of keeping with the rest of the movie (as was comissioner Gordon's sudden pontification).
"He spent his whole career fighting corruption and crime." "I know, and the Joker ruined him." "Yes. The Joker ruined Dent." "Wait! I have the perfect plan to honor Dent's memory - Let's lie about the circumstances of his death!!" "I certainly can't think of a better way to explain how his corpse got all the way from a hospital over to here. And me, my wife, our son, and various other people who saw him walking the streets, brandishing a pistol definitely will keep their mouths shut." "It should be easy to switch the blame to Batman from Dent. He was so subtle. No one would notice his burned face. And burned suit." "This plan is perfect! Harvey Dent's main value was in his status as an icon, a figurehead. And being dead, he's more useful to us now than ever."
Someone on imdb asked, if the Batman switch were feasible, why not just pin it all on Joker anyway. It would make sense.
Apart from the fact that practically speaking their plan would require a few dozen "hush-ups", it may not warrant such cynicism.
I agree that Gordon was mostly a platitude-spewing ornament in this episode.
I wonder if they could actually pull off Batman going evil in the next installment - it would be a funny answer to the speculation about who the villain is going to be.
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"He spent his whole career fighting corruption and crime."
"I know, and the Joker ruined him."
"Yes. The Joker ruined Dent."
"Wait! I have the perfect plan to honor Dent's memory - Let's lie about the circumstances of his death!!"
"I certainly can't think of a better way to explain how his corpse got all the way from a hospital over to here. And me, my wife, our son, and various other people who saw him walking the streets, brandishing a pistol definitely will keep their mouths shut."
"It should be easy to switch the blame to Batman from Dent. He was so subtle. No one would notice his burned face. And burned suit."
"This plan is perfect! Harvey Dent's main value was in his status as an icon, a figurehead. And being dead, he's more useful to us now than ever."
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Apart from the fact that practically speaking their plan would require a few dozen "hush-ups", it may not warrant such cynicism.
I agree that Gordon was mostly a platitude-spewing ornament in this episode.
I wonder if they could actually pull off Batman going evil in the next installment - it would be a funny answer to the speculation about who the villain is going to be.
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