Guest blogger: Kadri P1

One of my favorite character-driven movies and which is still popular today is the Dark Knight. The story starts off in a fictional place called Gotham City, and begins with The Joker, The Dark Knights nemesis, who is in the act of robbing a bank. The rest of the movie is basically a cat and mouse game where The Dark Knight searches for The Joker throughout the film using his intellectual mind and various machines and technologies to accomplish so. The main actors in the film include Christian Bale, The Dark Knight, and Heath Ledger, The Joker. The Dark knight is portrayed as a hero of Gotham City and The Joker is of course plays the villain character throughout the film. The Dark Knights main motivation comes from him wanting to use his mind, money, and power to help others which gave him the “hero” title. The Joker’s goal is to constantly taunt The Dark Knight and remain in hiding because he receives a sense of “satisfaction” out of doing so, along with robbing a few banks now and again. The theme of the story is to never give up on what your mind is already set to, which is what the audience is supposed to get out of this film because constantly there are people throughout the world with many ambitions and goals they strive for which gives this movie the character-driven title. Critics say this movie is a “canvas for a broader scope of human emotion”, this quote is very significant because it explains how the movie has a very strong theme behind it and also makes it clear that this is a character-driven film. Overall I would give this movie and five out of five stars and would recommend buying it because it is a film that will forever change the movie world, with its intense action scenes, strong characters, and a strong theme that is portrayed throughout the film.