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redorangelegend

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Jul 18, 2008 23:03

Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight is the greatest character in the history of film.

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pinkerdot July 19 2008, 07:45:57 UTC

My boyfriend has a mancrush on Aaron Eckhart. And Ben Affleck. It's the chins, right hon?

pinkerdot July 19 2008, 07:46:14 UTC

Or is it the "eck"?

mephisto1138 July 19 2008, 08:59:45 UTC

he's a big tool. and then the joker shows him the way... and then he gets a lot better... but not until the joker showed him whats what.

redorangelegend July 19 2008, 22:27:06 UTC

He wasn't a tool. He was a living example of no good deed going unpunished. As he tries harder to make things right, he only ever ends up worse off than he started. Only after he was left with nothing and is in a vulnerable state does he let the joker influence him.

It wasn't just the Joker. It was the mayor who couldn't see the logic in his tactics, the citizens he fought so hard to protect who lost patience with him, and the very apparent aesthetic reminder that the world just shat on all the good he tried to do. The joker just caught him at the right time.

mephisto1138 July 20 2008, 09:29:53 UTC

harvey represents, and has always represented, the dangers of being too much of an idealist. he was always willing to go further for what he felt needed to be done. thats the tragedy of harvey dent, he's good, and he wants good for everyone else so much so that he's willing to do whatever it takes. and that means whatever, even when those methods are outside the realm of what most would call right.