Dark Knight: The Hero Void
Quite a while ago I wrote a couple of posts reflecting on the spiritual undercurrents in the recent Batman, "Dark Knight" movies.
As the new "Dark Knight Rises" movie comes out, I just wanted to re-post those links here, with a little teaser for each:
"..the Joker is disturbing — nihilistic and vicious, driven by an inner madness, pushed over the edge by some experience of inexplicable, unbearable cruelty. He is determined to expose society’s comfortable morality for what it is: a facade..He is bent on disrupting “schemers” who think life has order and meaning to it.. He is, in his own words, in a “battle for Gotham’s soul”. There is no morality and certainly no true heroes. Life is cruel and unfair — so let anarchy and randomness reign."
Dark Knight: "Wanna know how I got these scars?"
"There are only Dark Knights, some darker than others...The Joker is searching for a Hero to stand up. He will do anything, even destroy Gotham, but he will not give up until he exposes our shallow morality. He will find the White Knight or die trying..."
I would love to hear your comments!
