CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S DARK KNIGHT TELLS THE STORY OF A COSTUMED VIGILANTE WHO
GOES TO WAR WITH THE CRIMINALS OF GOTHAM CITY
AND DESTROYS THEM.
OH, AND IT’S NOT BATMAN
FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, BATMAN’S NOT
A HERO, HE’S A NUT JOB.
INSTEAD OF USING HIS VAST FORTUNE TO PAY THE
SALARIES OF HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS TO
FIGHT CRIME 24/7, HE SPENDS A FEW NIGHTS A
WEEK WEARING A CAPE AND BEATING UP LOW-LEVEL
THUGS, WHILE GOTHAM’S POWERFUL MOB BOSSES
REIGN SUPREME.
BUT REDDIT USER GENERALZEE SAYS THAT NOLAN’S DARK KNIGHT DOES GIVE US AN
EXTREMELY COMPETENT CRIME FIGHTER.
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW CRIMINALS THINK, HOW
TO FIGHT THEM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,
HOW TO SHUT THEM DOWN FOR GOOD.
AND THIS CRIME FIGHTER IS THE JOKER.
WHEN WE FIRST MEET THE JOKER HE’S STEALING
$68 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MOB, WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATING THE
BEST BANK ROBBING CREW IN GOTHAM CITY.
AS A RESULT OF HIS BANK ROBBERY, LAU, WHO
CONTROLS ALL OF THE MOB’S FINANCES,
IS FORCED TO FLEE THE COUNTRY.
IT’S TRUE THAT EVENTUALLY BATMAN CAPTURES
HIM, BUT THAT’S ONLY BECAUSE THE JOKER FORCED
HIM TO RUN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
JOKER THEN LAUNCHES A WAR AGAINST ORGANIZED
CRIME IN GOTHAM CITY, TAKING OUT THE RUTHLESS
CRIME LORDS THE CHECHEN AND GAMBOL.
ALSO TAKE JIM GORDON, ONE OF THE FEW HONEST
COPS IN GOTHAM CITY, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE JOKER
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING ELEVATED TO
POLICE COMMISSIONER.
EVEN HARVEY DENT BECOMES A MORE EFFECTIVE
CRIME FIGHTER AS TWO-FACE THAN HE EVER WAS
AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
BECAUSE THE JOKER CONVINCED HIM TO EMBRACE
CHAOS, DENT FINALLY TAKES OUT THE DIRTY COPS
AND THE MAFIA CRIME BOSS SAL MARONI, WHO HAD
BEEN TERRORIZING THE CITY.
EVEN EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE DARK
KNIGHT, THERE IS SO LITTLE CRIME IN GOTHAM
CITY THAT BATMAN HASN’T BEEN NEEDED AND AT THE END OF DARK KNIGHT RISES BATMAN RETIRES
AND HANGS UP HIS COWL.
BECAUSE BRUCE WAYNE FINALLY COME TO THE ULTIMATE REALIZATION:
BATMAN CAN FIGHT CRIME, BUT IT TOOK THE JOKER
TO ULTIMATELY DESTROY IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
