I'm always struck by the theological depth of secular art. For instance, The Dark Knight has a great parallel between the Joker, Batman, God, and Satan.
If you know anything about the nature of Batman (his one rule) and the Joker (his mission to provoke Batman by destroying everything dear to him) you have to ask yourself this question...
"Why does Batman let the Joker live?"
And now consider God and Satan, you could ask the same question. I love that the image of the Joker as some hammy comedian psychopath (with hammy comedian coming first and psychopath a distant third) was completely shattered by Heath Ledger's performance.
The script and his acting combined to bring a realization of the Joker's character to the screen that eclipsed even that of Frank Miller's graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns.
The excellence of the script is no suprise, Jonathon Nolan (the director's brother) cowrote with director Christopher Nolan, a collaboration last seen in the brilliantly inventive Memento.
Maybe we're looking at another brotherly duo? The Nolan brother's could be picking up Oscar's hand over fist next spring.
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glad to have you back! Can't wait to see the movie again.
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