How was "The Dark Knight" political?
I keep hearing about how The Dark Knight is related to today's politics. But I don't understand. The only part I sort of get is when Batman taps into the phones of the citizens of Gotham to get the Joker...
But that's it. Can someone please explain?
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March 14th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
It’s basically the theme of the entire movie. I suck at explaining these types of things, but I’m going to try. The last couple minutes of the movie pretty much explains it. Politicians are what people need them to be. Batman ends up taking the fall for the things Harvey did, and his exact words were something like "Gotham needs a real hero." Well, that wasn’t exact, but it was close enough. We put so much trust into the people who govern us, and it’s a huge disappointment when they screw up. I don’t really see how it relates specifically to today’s politics, but I see how it relates to politics, in general. I’m sorry if that didn’t help at all. I can understand things, but I don’t do well at getting it out.