Guest Blogger: Kai 2

The Dark Night (directed by Christopher Nolan) is a sequel to the movie Batman Begins. It starts off with a group of clowns robbing a bank; one of the clowns is known as The Joker (Heath Ledger). Batman finds out about the bank robbery and helps investigate it further. During the investigation he finds that the mob is behind it. The Joker presents a few very complex ethical decisions throughout the film. At one point in the film the joker sets up two massive cruise ships with a remote to blow up the other boat before theirs blows up. The Joker seems to be a mindless criminal after only one thing, to disrupt the forces of good and reveal Batman’s secret identity. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is running for mayor of Gotham and his new girlfriend is Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). When The Joker demands the revealing of Batman’s secret identity Harvey Dent takes it upon himself to pose as Batman until Batman can stop The Joker. The Dark night is clearly about good versus evil and Heath Ledger does an excellent job in playing the evil Joker. Christian Bale as Batman also does an excellent job in playing the role of Batman as he goes through some very tough ethical decisions. Harvey Dent also plays the role as a man who sees Batman as much more than just a vigilante trying to help, but as a hero, to hating him for what he let The Joker do to Rachel and himself.
I agree with the overall criticism of The Dark Night as it is all positive and I think the movie is an excellent example of good versus evil. This film is most definitely worth all 152 minutes and whatever it may cost to view it.