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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1006127" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>I can see where you're coming from with this line of thinking, but for me, I thought the movie was rather ambivalent toward both billionaires and 'occupiers'.</p><p></p><p>Meaning, there are a few examples of 'bad' rich people in the movie, as well as a few examples of 'bad' people one might lump into the 'occupy' category. The only examples of 'good' people in the movie, from my viewing, are the Commissioner, the rookie cop, (surprisingly) the cat burglar, as well as random citizens who try to do the right thing.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I would put the Batman in any category...he's a flawed character no matter what lens you view him through.</p><p></p><p>(Remember, it's a comic-book movie: even though it was released in 2012 and so it takes part of its plot from current world situations, the end result is a comic-book movie).</p><p></p><p>Rolling Stone interviewed the director, who said repeatedly that the film is a-political. The interviewer pushed him however:</p><p></p><p>Interviewer<strong>: A lot of people would argue that all art is political.</strong></p><p>Director: <strong>But what's politics?</strong></p><p></p><p>Interviewer<strong>: So would Bruce Wayne vote for Mitt Romney?</strong></p><p>Director: <strong>Before or after Bruce goes broke?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">(For those who are not hard-core Batman fans, the title 'Dark Knight' is from a graphic novel written by Frank Miller in 1997...it moves Batman out of the campy persona of the 1960's show and into a more current world...instead of the clean-cut version of Batman depicted in the television show, Miller's graphic novel depicts a Batman coming out of retirement to face his old enemies and save his 'town' once more...it's a very dark retelling of the Batman tale, and recasts the essential elements of the Batman story into a modern version of what Batman essentially is: a vigilante who is as disturbed as the villians he chases...)</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Brett, Batman is an anti-hero, to me the 'message' of the movie is ambivalent at best, and so I don't agree with your conclusion.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Like many other things in this life, art is a window upon our own </span>collective subconscious<span style="color: #000000">, meaning each viewer will draw their own conclusion, and each explanation will be real, depending on the explainer...</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1006127, member: 18225"] I can see where you're coming from with this line of thinking, but for me, I thought the movie was rather ambivalent toward both billionaires and 'occupiers'. Meaning, there are a few examples of 'bad' rich people in the movie, as well as a few examples of 'bad' people one might lump into the 'occupy' category. The only examples of 'good' people in the movie, from my viewing, are the Commissioner, the rookie cop, (surprisingly) the cat burglar, as well as random citizens who try to do the right thing. I'm not sure I would put the Batman in any category...he's a flawed character no matter what lens you view him through. (Remember, it's a comic-book movie: even though it was released in 2012 and so it takes part of its plot from current world situations, the end result is a comic-book movie). Rolling Stone interviewed the director, who said repeatedly that the film is a-political. The interviewer pushed him however: Interviewer[B]: A lot of people would argue that all art is political.[/B] Director: [B]But what's politics?[/B] Interviewer[B]: So would Bruce Wayne vote for Mitt Romney?[/B] Director: [B]Before or after Bruce goes broke? [/B] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] (For those who are not hard-core Batman fans, the title 'Dark Knight' is from a graphic novel written by Frank Miller in 1997...it moves Batman out of the campy persona of the 1960's show and into a more current world...instead of the clean-cut version of Batman depicted in the television show, Miller's graphic novel depicts a Batman coming out of retirement to face his old enemies and save his 'town' once more...it's a very dark retelling of the Batman tale, and recasts the essential elements of the Batman story into a modern version of what Batman essentially is: a vigilante who is as disturbed as the villians he chases...) Brett, Batman is an anti-hero, to me the 'message' of the movie is ambivalent at best, and so I don't agree with your conclusion. Like many other things in this life, art is a window upon our own [/COLOR]collective subconscious[COLOR=#000000], meaning each viewer will draw their own conclusion, and each explanation will be real, depending on the explainer... [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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