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Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins (2005), Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new District Attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City, until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as "The Joker" appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. [32] The restaurant scene was filmed at the Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly Circus, London. With the Dent Act, the insanity plea was thrown out for the most part, with felons who were predominantly imprisoned, rather than institutionalized. [164] Moreover, it was the fastest film to reach $100 million (a record first surpassed by New Moon), $150 million and each additional $50 million through $450 million (records surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers), and $500 million (a record first surpassed by Avatar). All IMAX theaters showing The Dark Knight were sold out for the opening weekend. [106] When Ledger died, Zimmer felt like scrapping and composing a new theme, but decided that he could not be sentimental and compromise the "evil [Ledger's performance] projects". [136], Pandemic Studios was developing a tie-in video game adaptation, Batman: The Dark Knight. Directed by Jay Oliva. [13] Nolan described the friendly rivalry between Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent as the "backbone" of the film. Eric Roberts plays Sal Maroni, an Italian mafia boss who takes over Carmine Falcone's mob, and Ritchie Coster portrays the Chechen, a Chechen mafia boss in charge of drug-trafficking for the mob. It was nominated for Best Film at the Critics Choice Awards and was named one of the top ten films of 2008 by the American Film Institute. Dubbed Batman: The Dark Knight, the new series will send Batman on an international trip facing new villains, making new allies, and definitely not fighting in the boring old Gotham streets. characters. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. [112], Costume designer Lindy Hemming described the Joker's look as reflecting his personality, in that "he doesn't care about himself at all"; she avoided designing him as a vagrant, but still made him appear to be "scruffier, grungier", so that "when you see him move, he's slightly twitchier or edgy". ", "Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time", "50 Best Movies of Total Film Magazine's Lifetime", "New Zealand's favourite film is The Shawshank Redemption", "Revenge of the Movie: 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals", "50 Greatest Superhero Movie Performances of All Time", "Barry Norman's 100 Greatest Films of All Time", "The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century: 10 - 1", "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners", "Session Timeout – Academy Awards Database – AMPAS", "The week in geek: The Dark Knight's Oscars snub is a disgrace", "Why So Serious? I remember that I was very impressed when I … Dent goes on a killing spree, as the vigilante Two-Face, deciding the fates of people he holds responsible for Rachel's death by flipping his lucky coin—one side having been scorched in the explosion. Use the HTML below. [183][184] Ebert ranked this as one of his twenty favorite films of 2008, calling it "the best of all the Batmans". BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay taunted the movie industry over its ability to provide the movie free, replacing its logo with a taunting message. The clues combined to reveal a new photograph of the Joker and an audio clip of him from the film saying "And tonight, you're gonna break your one rule." Ledger is the nightmare villain, twisted, evil, unapologetic, irrational, completely void of a moral compass*quality of writing* A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent, and Rachel Dawes. He said the film's mood is one of "constant climax," and that it feels rushed and far too long. The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart. WARNING: The following contains Batman #107 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey & Clayton Cowles, on sale now. [8] At the 81st Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. [144], In order to increase the film's chances of crossing $1 billion in worldwide gross and of winning Oscars, Warner Bros. re-released the film in traditional and IMAX theaters in the United States and other countries on January 23, 2009. It stars a jaded, cynical, and brutal Batman who decides to return to fight crime in Gotham after retiring for several years. [169], The Dark Knight is the highest-grossing film of 2008, the second-highest-grossing superhero film, the second-highest-grossing film based on comics, and the fourth-highest-grossing North American film of all time. [150] The midnight opening included $640,000 from IMAX screenings. "[90] Production of The Dark Knight in Chicago generated $45 million in the city's economy and created thousands of jobs. [10] The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in the trilogy, was released on July 20, 2012. The film's supporting cast includes Nydia Rodriguez Terracina as Judge Janet Surrillo, and Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. as a prison inmate on one of the bomb-rigged ferries. The Dark Knight Rises July 16, 2012 Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. [125] The sequence was released on the Blu-ray Disc edition of Batman Begins on July 8, 2008. Mob bosses Sal Maroni, Gambol, and the Chechen hold a videoconference with their corrupt accountant, Lau, who has hidden their funds for safekeeping and fled to Hong Kong. Directed by Christopher Nolan. [62], After much research, Nolan's brother and co-writer, Jonathan Nolan, suggested the Joker's first two appearances, published in the first issue of Batman (1940), as the crucial influences. [13] The Batpod is steered by shoulder instead of hand, and the rider's arms are protected by sleeve-like shields. The Dark Knight essays are academic essays for citation. In fighting monsters, we must be careful not to become monsters—that sort of thing. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 - Batman has not been seen for ten years. Watch Batman the Dark Knight Rises (2012) using Stremio. Directed by Jay Oliva. 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He threatens to blow them both up by midnight, but will let one ferry live if its passengers (who have been supplied the detonator to the other boat's explosives) blow up the other. [228], Several critics have noted that later films imitated The Dark Knight's dark and gritty tone. [54] United States Senator Patrick Leahy—a fan of Batman comics who was previously an extra in the 1997 film Batman & Robin and also was a guest voice actor on Batman: The Animated Series—appears as a guest at Bruce Wayne's party. In addition to the standard DVD releases, some stores released their own exclusive editions of the film. The Dark Knight Rises. [7], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, awarding four out of four stars, described The Dark Knight as a "haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy." Michael Jai White portrays Gambol, an African American mafia boss in charge of illegal gambling and extortion for the mob. In Finch's words, "The stories I'm telling are all about relationships and connections he has in Gotham City that he can't walk away from." ... Batman is determined to fight back against the Joker. [68] The use of IMAX cameras provided many new challenges for the filmmakers: the cameras were much larger and heavier than standard cameras, and produced noise which made recording dialogue difficult. The Dark & Gritty Tone. [241] The Dark Knight was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on December 19, 2017. With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine. Batman: The Dark Knight – UK. Adjusted for ticket-price inflation though, it ranks 28th. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era? This page contains information about Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2) . 8 The Best Portrayal Of The Best Supervillain This entry, unlike the previous ones, can only apply to The Dark Knight . [39] According to veteran Batman artist Neal Adams, he met with David Goyer in Los Angeles, and the story would eventually look to Adams and writer Denny O'Neil's 1971 story "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" that appeared in Batman #251, in which O'Neil and Adams re-introduced the Joker. tagline with the launch of a website featuring the fictional political campaign of Harvey Dent, with the caption, "I Believe in Harvey Dent". [236], The DVD and Blu-ray Disc editions were released in Australia on December 10, 2008. In the United Kingdom, the film had combined sales of 513,000 units on its first day of release, of which 107,730 (21%) were Blu-ray Discs, the highest number of first-day Blu-ray Discs sold. A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Batman: The Detective #1 cover. Batman: The Dark Knight is an American comic book ongoing series and Limited series, and featuring Batman. The Dark Knight is perhaps the most powerful exploration of guilt the modern American blockbuster has given us. Movies. #10 You are Batman coming out of retirement in the board game that brings Frank Miller's iconic comic series to life! The series differed from other Batman titles of the time. Eventually the only survivor is the Joker, who reveals hi… In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by an anarchistic mastermind known as the Joker (Ledger), who seeks to undermine Batman's influence and throw the city into anarchy. Next: A Copy Of Batman #1 Just Shattered Sales Records At $2.2 Million. [208] In the same year, Time Out polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films. The Dark Knight's biggest territory was Australia, where it grossed $13.7 million over the weekend, setting a record for the largest superhero film opening. An organized crime dynasty's aging patriarch transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. The Dark Knight movie reviews & Metacritic score: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. Batman has disappeared since the night of Harvey Dent's death. The film champions the anti-war coalition's claim that, in having a war on terror, you create the conditions for more terror. Batman's struggle against The Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. The Dark Knight is set in a dystopian near-future version of Gotham City. [174] It topped the weekend box office outside North America three consecutive times and four in total. Nestor Carbonell appears as Anthony Garcia, the mayor of Gotham. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. The Dark Knight Rises. Batman: The Dark Knight – UK. Denby criticized scenes which he argued to be meaningless or are cut short just as they become interesting. In addition, Ledger's win marked the first win in any of the major Oscar categories (producing, directing, acting, or writing) for a superhero-based film. [176] The five highest-grossing markets outside North America also include Germany ($29.7 million), France and the Maghreb region ($27.5 million) and South Korea ($25.0 million). "The Dark Knight is de beste stripverfilming tot nu toe en een van de betere misdaadfilms van dit decennium." [138] Leading up to The Dark Knight's commercial release, the film had drawn "overwhelmingly positive early reviews and buzz on Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker". "[111] Framestore created 120 computer-generated shots of Dent's visage. perfection - one of those movies you wish you could have a memory edit in order to watch again and again*quality of intangibles* [182] The Dark Knight appeared on 287 critics' top-ten lists, more than any other film of 2008 with the exception of WALL-E, and more critics (77) named The Dark Knight the best film released that year. [76] For its release in IMAX theaters, Nolan shot four major sequences in that format, including the Joker's opening bank robbery and the car chase midway through the film, which marked the first time that a feature film had been even partially shot in the format. [251] Darren Franrich of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the film "cemented a new way of talking about superhero movies," specifically one that acknowledged them as serious vehicles for political commentary and artistic achievement. "Neal Adams: Up Close and Personal". He says Bale is "electrifying", evoking Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II, that Eckhart's portrayal of Harvey Dent is "scarily moving," and that Oldman "is so skilled that he makes virtue exciting as Jim Gordon. [132], On May 15, 2008, Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Great Adventure theme parks opened The Dark Knight Coaster roller coaster, which cost US$7.5 million to develop and which simulates being stalked by the Joker. [67] Nolan decided to avoid divulging an in-depth origin story for the Joker, and instead portray his rise to power so as to not diminish the threat he poses, explaining to MTV News, "the Joker we meet in The Dark Knight is fully formed ... To me, the Joker is an absolute. Lola Chong Ellen Yindel. Both buildings explode, killing Rachel and disfiguring half of Dent's face. He's unbelievably dark. With Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams. A gang of criminals robs a Gotham City mob bank, murdering each other for a higher share until only the Joker remains; he escapes with the money. "[180] Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating based on reviews from top mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 84 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim. [143] Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 74.26 million tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run. When you look at a film like Pirates of the Caribbean—something like that, there's something about a very fanciful, very detailed visual effect, that I think is more powerful and less repulsive. The new series kicks off April 16th with an extra-sized 26-page debut story. It made $199.7 million on its worldwide opening weekend, which ranks 34th on the all-time chart. [117] The cowl is equipped to show white lenses over the eyes when the character turns on his sonar detection, which gives Batman the white-eyed look from the comics and animation. They were thugs, but there was a kind of order. Search for "The Dark Knight" on Amazon.com, Title: Batman: The Dark Knight #23.3 Clayface #1 (Written by John Layman and drawn by Cliff Richards) Batman: The Dark Knight #23.4 Joker's Daughter #1 (Written by … Definitely Batman the Dark Knight Rises is in my personal top ten of best movies ever. [118] The gauntlets have retractable razors which can be fired. 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