Our ‘Knight’ In Shining Armor
- Title: The Dark Knight
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Though there are plenty unsure of him, it’s made clear at the beginning of The Dark Knight that Batman (Christian Bale) has done a lot to clean up Gotham since the events in 2005’s Batman Begins. But he never saw a foe as strange and evolved as the Joker (who you are probably pretty aware was played by the late Heath Ledger). Like a virus that evolves to survive the new antibiotics that is Batman, he’s a permutation of the typical criminal unpredictable, gets results and worst of all, seems immune to the power and threats of the Caped Crusader.
It makes for terrible timing – it was just looking like the day Bruce Wayne could quit his night job was within sight, with the newly elected Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) looking like a serious figure to unwaveringly enforce the law onto a corrupt city. A real man to serve the city is going to be easier to follow than a grown man playing dress-up. But by the time the Joker settles into front page news, it’s clear that Gotham’s never been worse off.
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