The Dark Knight - [spoilers ahead, ye be warned]

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Alex

The Dark Knight might actually be better paired with No Country for Old Men. Where the latter is in many ways an exploration of the individual's response when confronted with evil, The Dark Knight focuses on the macro of society's response.

And of course, villians in both films decide the life-or-death fate of victims by coin toss.



mousepod, I don't hate the Gotham of Batman Begins. I just found the more realistic setting and more realistic actions (on the surface*) of the villain a refreshing change for a series that's supposed to be the "gritty" version of Batman. I enjoyed the slightly fantastic Gotham of Batman Begins, but I prefer Burton's fantasy Gotham to that. They're all good, though. And I just like it when a sequel takes on a different tone, rather than simply trying to replicate.







* I liked that Joker didn't have henchmen this time around ... but how did he manage to plant all those bombs everywhere all by himself?