Before he can flip for the boy, Batman, who was wearing body armor, tackles Dent off the building to his death. And they also have a leader, called the "mediator" between head and hands. Is to answer the question using your case study material on Four Lions and The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises is an epic and exciting conclusion to the story Nolan has begun in Batman Begins. | and "The Dark Knight Returns" (both written by Frank Miller) and The Long Halloween (by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale). The Dark Knight  The Dark Knight cost approximately $180 million to make. [241][242], In March 2011, Warner Bros. offered The Dark Knight for rent on Facebook, becoming the first film ever to be released via digital distribution on a social networking site. Everything would be remade and the origin story would be retold and expanded, so the Batman universe in the movies would be wiped clean and start fresh, with a new mithology and a new proposal. | "[24], According to Nolan, an important theme of the sequel is "escalation", extending the ending of Batman Begins, noting "things having to get worse before they get better". [147] 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. Alex Proyas The rider lies belly down on the tank, which can move up and down to dodge any incoming gunfire that Batman may encounter. "[258], The film was added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2020 as a "culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant work. 1,503,880 But not only that. The Dark Knight was the very first Hollywood feature to utilize IMAX 15/70 mm cameras for an entire 28 minutes of run time, a feat which, to this day, few directors have replicated. And, as Hollywood is crazy about copying successful formulas, that realistic tone was implemented in other movies and franchises as well. [117] Howard composed Dent's "elegant and beautiful" themes,[116] which are brass-focused. | and in the end of the 80's and beginning of the 90's we had two major Tim Burton movies (Batman and Batman Returns) and during the 90's... two major aberrations in the form of flicks by director Joel Schumacker (Batman Forever and Batman and Robin) that we shouldn't waste our breath talking about, let alone watch it.And then, the Batman franchise in the live action movies came to a halt for the next 7 years. | [109] Though the new costume is eight pounds heavier, Bale found it more comfortable and not as hot to wear. PG-13 ", "Movie File: Brad Pitt, Chevy Chase, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Josh Lucas & More", "Mark Ruffalo Discusses His Try-Out For Harvey Dent/Two-Face Role In 'The Dark Knight, "Matt Damon Confirms He Was Up For Two-Face Role In 'The Dark Knight, "Aaron Eckhart puts on his best acting face", "Dwight Yoakam Pays Tribute to Buck Owens", "How Gotham Could Connect To The Dark Knight In Its Midseason Premiere", "Updates on The Dark Knight Plus Our Own Exclusive on the Involvement of Joker Creator Jerry Robinson in the Batman Sequel! Before the police arrive to take the Joker into custody, he gloats that Gotham's citizens will lose hope once Dent's rampage becomes public knowledge. Those who sent photos were mailed a copy of a fictional newspaper called The Gotham Times, whose electronic version led to the discovery of numerous other websites. [205], The Dark Knight opened on Friday, July 18, 2008. Wade Williams. [4][5] The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. 128 min [164] Paste magazine named it one of the 50 best movies of the decade (2000–2009), ranking it at number 11. | 170 min [197] It had a nomination in Japan for the 2009 Seiun Awards under the Science Fiction category[198] with a Japan Academy Prize Award for Best Foreign Film. Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. Stuntman Jean-Pierre Goy doubled for Christian Bale during the riding sequences in The Dark Knight. Director: [106] Ledger described his "clown" mask, made up of three pieces of stamped silicone, as a "new technology", taking less than an hour for the make-up artists to apply, much faster than more-conventional prosthetics usually requires. Notably, Richard King's win in the Sound Editing category blocked a complete awards sweep of the evening by the eventual Best Picture winner, Slumdog Millionaire. The engines are located in the hubs of the wheels, which are set 3½ feet (1,067 mm) apart on either side of the tank. Tom Hardy as Bane is terrifying! Crime, Drama, Thriller. Not Rated Considered one of the best films of its decade and one of the best superhero films of all time, the film received critical praise for its screenplay, visual effects, musical score, themes, performances (particularly Ledger), cinematography, action sequences and direction. 571,676 [81] In addition, the cameras had short film loads ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes[81] and the cost of the film stock was much greater than standard 35 mm film. Stars: "[154] BBC critic Mark Kermode, in a positive review, said that Ledger is "very, very good" but that Oldman's turn is "the best performance in the film, by a mile"; Kermode felt Oldman was deserving of an Oscar nomination. Rutger Hauer, He doesn't think about franchises, he's a more Leoneish kind of director. [85][86] Instead of using the Chicago Board of Trade Building as the location for the headquarters of Wayne Enterprises, as Batman Begins did,[87] The Dark Knight shows Wayne Enterprises as being headquartered in the Richard J. Daley Center. Bryan Cranston, "[176] The Dark Knight ranked 96th on BBC's "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world. [130] On February 29, 2008, I Believe in Harvey Dent was updated to enable fans to send their e-mail addresses and phone numbers. [157] Denby remarks that the central conflict is workable, but that "only half the team can act it," saying that Bale's "placid" Bruce Wayne and "dogged but uninteresting" Batman is constantly upstaged by Ledger's "sinister and frightening" performance, which he says is the film's one element of success. | No, these elements wouldn't work, thanks to freaking Joel Schumacker and Akiva Goldsman who made Batman into a joke, so they had to come up with a complete different approach in order to restore the dignity that the character once had. [226], 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. | [82] Nevertheless, Nolan said that he wished that it were possible to shoot the entire film in IMAX: "if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie. Ridley Scott  Warner Bros. held the world premiere for The Dark Knight in NYC on 14th July 2008.  Screened at an IMAX cinema, the film’s composers (Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer), played part of the film score live. Fortunatelly, they chose the first option. "[252] Composer Blake Neely's music for the TV show Arrow likewise drew upon Hans Zimmer's score for The Dark Knight. ", "Dark Knight Director Shuns Digital Effects for the Real Thing", "Exclusive Interview: Gary Oldman for "The Dark Knight, "In 'Dark Knight,' The Often-Incompetent Jim Gordon Actually Knows What He's Doing", "Gary Oldman Discusses His Role as Jim Gordon in 'The Dark Knight, "Aaron Eckhart: Not Just Another Pretty Face in 'The Dark Knight, "(Dark Knight Exclusive): Aaron Eckhart Q&A", "Video Interview: Schreiber & Stiles on The Omen! Director: [72], During rehearsals, Nolan and cast members were mesmerised by Heath Ledger's interpretation of the Joker. Other candidates included Yorkshire, Glasgow, and parts of London. [104] The shoot hired helicopters and C-130 aircraft. A few shots of the skullcap were kept in the film. Anthony Michael Hall, ", "Ten Years Later, "The Dark Knight" and Its Vision of Guilt Still Resonate", "Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time", "Empire's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time", "The 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years: Here's our full list! [192][193] There was speculation that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences later changed their number of Best Picture nominees to ten, instead of the traditional five, because of the film's omission. Zack Snyder's The Dark Knight Returns would lend itself better to a theatrical release and require a more modest budget compared to a straight Snyder cut sequel, making the Batman story a more manageable and realistic follow-up. $534.86M. IT BEGINS AGAINAnd so we are in the year of 2003 and WB and DC comics decided to take a ride in the comic book movie business train again and reopen the possibilities of a brand new Batman movie. Dent goes on a killing spree, deciding the fates of people he holds responsible for Rachel's death by flipping his lucky coin—one side having become scorched in the explosion. [55] Matt Skiba, co-lead vocalist and guitarist of the bands Alkaline Trio and Blink-182, made a small appearance in the film. Christopher Nolan Ng Chin Han portrays Lau, a corrupt Chinese LSI Holdings accountant Triad boss. Drama, History, Romance. It was additionally nominated for six others, these being Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Film Editing. It became huge from night to day, just like that. Releases were in the form of a one-disc edition on DVD; a two-disc edition on DVD; a two-disc edition including a Batmask on DVD and BD; a two-disc Bat-pod statuette Limited BD Edition; a two-disc BD edition; and a four-disc Batman Begins/The Dark Knight pack on DVD and BD. !Let's hear it for one of the greatest directors of modern days, Christopher Nolan! Nolan have balls that big! Richard Donner [195], Several critics have noted that later films imitated The Dark Knight's dark and gritty tone without replicating the quality of its writing, acting, or plot structure. [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. [78][79] The cameras used for non-IMAX 35 mm scenes were Panavision's Panaflex Millennium XL and Platinum. Ledger died on January 22, 2008, some months after he completed filming and six months before the film's release from a toxic combination of prescription drugs, leading to intense attention from the press and movie-going public. On the other hand, The Dark Knight Returns could continue Snyder's DCEU story, while also providing a fresh start away from the "Justice League" tag. That's where director (or I should say "savior") Christopher Nolan came in... accidentally.Nolan was an unknown for the big public, he only released three films: Following, Memento and a remake of the 1997 film Insomnia, all of them, great flicks with very low budget. The defunct Van Buren Street post office doubles as Gotham National Bank for the opening bank robbery. [137], Warner Bros. held the world premiere for The Dark Knight in New York City on July 14, 2008, screening in an IMAX theater with the film's composers James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer playing a part of the film score live. | Gross: [218] It achieved the largest Sunday gross with $43.6 million[206] and the largest opening week from Friday to Thursday with $238.6 million (both records surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers). The ferry scene displays how humans can easily be enticed by iniquity, and how that could lead to potential disaster. By the end, the whole moral foundation of the Batman legend is threatened. With that said, we can safely say that his first Batman movie ended fine, with a twist of hope and a cheer in everybody's minds to actually seeing Batman rising again from the ashes of a fallen franchise. These are men who had the city divided up. The Dark Knight: Batman DX-“Sometimes the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. "[257] Nick Pope of Esquire accused The Dark Knight of encouraging future superhero films "to take [themselves] far too seriously. The Gotham authorities want to arrest him. Bruce Wayne is impressed with Dent's idealism and offers to support his career; he believes that, with Dent as Gotham's protector, he can give up being Batman and lead a normal life with Rachel Dawes—even though she and Dent are dating. Toshiyuki Kubooka, [201], 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. Bale did insist on doing shots on the Batpod himself, but was prohibited by the team fearing his safety. It's strong but it has a sense of lightheart at the end.Personally it left me very happy but at the same time with a bittersweet taste, knowing that a great era in the story of comic book movies had come to an end. [88], Pinewood Studios, near London, was the primary studio space used for the production. La película de Batman de Christopher Nolan “The Dark Knight”, de 2008, fue un éxito en taquilla y recibió la mayor cantidad de votos populares. That's what makes the character so dark, because he expresses a vengeful desire." Releases include a one-disc edition DVD; a two-disc Special Edition DVD; a two-disc edition BD; and a special edition BD package featuring a statuette of the Bat-pod. "[153] Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Every great hero needs a great villain. [151], Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that the film is deeper than its predecessor, with a "deft" script that refuses to scrutinize the Joker with popular psychology, instead pulling the viewer in with an examination of Bruce Wayne's psyche. The "Dark Knight" nickname was first applied to Batman in Batman #1 (1940), in a story written by Bill Finger. Aaron Eckhart, [149] Ebert ranked this as one of his twenty favorite films of 2008. Also, Anne Hathaway inspired herself on the Delilah character from the 1949 movie, Samson and Delilah, witch is ironic, because Bob Kane got inspiration from the Delilah legend to mold his own Catwoman. Stanley Kubrick [136], Pandemic Studios was developing a tie-in video game adaptation, Batman: The Dark Knight. [167] On the March 22, 2011 television special Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, The Dark Knight was voted the second-best action film while the Joker, as portrayed by Ledger, was voted the third-greatest film character. 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. That last event elevated the box office of the film to the billions heaven and brought to it a sense of legend never imagined for a long time on the film industry, not to mention that gave the late actor a posthumous Oscar for best supporting actor. [219][220] It also achieved the largest cumulative gross through its third and fourth days of release (both records first surpassed by Deathly Hallows – Part 2) and so on until its tenth day of release (records surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers). That happened both in Batman Begins and it's sequel. [101] Officials expressed concern over possible noise pollution and traffic. [13] Nolan described the friendly rivalry between Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent as the "backbone" of the film. Robert De Niro, [140] Online, ticketing services sold enormous numbers of tickets for approximately 3,000 midnight showtimes as well as unusually early showtimes for the film's opening day. When you have Gary Oldman, who's one of our greatest actors, and he's in awe of what Heath was doing, it showed what a performance Heath was giving. [175] The film was also included and ranked 57th on Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films, a list compiled by The Hollywood Reporter, surveying "Studio chiefs, Oscar winners and TV royalty. DCeased Gives Constantine the ULTIMATE Mystical Upgrade In the latest issue of "DCeased: Dead Planet," John Constantine stole some of the DC Universe's magical artifacts to become ungodly powerful. WELL DONE! Drama, Sci-Fi. A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder. As we can see, this time the character would be in the hands of people who wasn't interested only in making a quick buck out of something, but real fans and people who really understand and believe in the potential of the character to have a great movie rendition.Don't believe me? Director: [16] On July 31, 2006, Warner Bros. officially announced initiation of production for the sequel to Batman Begins titled The Dark Knight;[61] it is the first live-action Batman film without the word "Batman" in its title, which Bale noted as signaling that "this take on Batman of mine and Chris' is very different from any of the others". [68] A theatrical teaser was also released with non-IMAX showings of I Am Legend, and also on the official website. 75 min [235] The BD/iTunes version presents the film in a variable aspect ratio, with the IMAX sequences framed in 1.78:1, while scenes filmed in 35 mm are framed in 2.40:1. With all those qualities, Batman Begins turned out to be a hit and opened the path to other movies and sequels, pavementing the way of the trilogy and general superhero movies alike. [101] Environmentalists also criticized the filmmakers' request to tenants of the waterfront skyscrapers to keep their lights on all night to enhance the cinematography, describing it as a waste of energy. They also made a fake news paper that you could read online. [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". It was a good start. 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. in fact the film drinks heavily from Year One, becoming one of the main influences in the conception of the plot. Worldwide, it became the fourth-highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing film of 2008, and the fourth film in history to gross more than $1 billion. Futoshi Higashide, The site's critical consensus reads, "Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga. Marlon Brando, Votes: Liam Neeson, Votes: Robert Z. Leonard Peter Weller, [236] The DVD versions feature the entire film framed in a uniform 2.40:1 aspect ratio. Reginald Owen. and some even say that "The Crow" was also a source of inspiration, something that we can take for granted, considering the Joker's make up in the movie.With a box office that huge and all the recognition Nolan earned from the excellent critics and opinions by public and media, it's more than obvious that it would generated a next Batman flick. The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl. | The characters would have real deth and the tone would be serious and epic, with some occasional humor, but not enough to rip the serious tone. Animation, Action, Crime. When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. The film champions the anti-war coalition's claim that, in having a war on terror, you create the conditions for more terror. Everyone wanted to see what Nolan would do to live up to the expectations earned by the last movies and to give the fitting ending to the whole story told in those three films.And as the Joker would say: he didn't disappoint! [173] A few years later the same magazine ranked it 15th on their "the 100 best movies of all time" list. Dent learns that Rachel is the next target. "[160], The Dark Knight was ranked the 15th-greatest film in history on Empire's 2008 list of the "500 Greatest Movies of All Time," based upon the weighted votes of 10,000 readers, 150 film directors, and 50 key film critics. [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. This corruption, this decay in the texture of the look itself. Batman was debuting on the big screen in the form of a movie serial, which was a very common thing these days, once that nobody used to have TV in their houses. Aaron Eckhart recalled, "Chris looked at me and he said, 'Heath is doing something special.' | Gross: [109] 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. Ken Watanabe, Director: Michael Jai White portrays Gambol, an African American mafia boss in charge of illegal gambling and extortion for the mob. [88] While filming in Chicago, the film was given the false title Rory's First Kiss to lower the visibility of production, but the local media eventually uncovered the ruse. At its heart, however, is a long and tedious discussion about how individuals and society must never abandon the rule of law in struggling against the forces of lawlessness.