And you can also notice again the desire of Bruce Wayne to retire and his will to return after many years like the Dark Knight, as it's depicted in the classic story The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller.I even found incredible like Christopher Nolan was entitled to read and inspire himself from various moments and stories from the Batman cannon in the comics, since more marketable, strictly "made to sell magazines" sagas like Knightfall and No Man's Land to more artistic and higher note tales like The Cult and The Dark Knight Returns. "[15], The film introduces the Batpod, which is a recreation of the Batcycle. Bob Hastings, As major influences from the comics, we can clearly notice being "The Long Halloween", Christopher Nolan's favorite Batman story, to be the crucial one. The Oscar was awarded to the late Ledger. THE DARK TAKES IT'S PLACEThe fact that Batman Begins was a hit cheared WB executives to move on with the franchise. [216][217] Additionally, the film set an IMAX opening-weekend record, with $6.3 million[206] (a record first surpassed by Star Trek). Finally, there was an attempt to bring Joss Whedon to direct a movie called Batman Begins, again, with Bale, but the director resigned. Kevin Conroy, [16] On July 31, 2006, Warner Bros. officially announced initiation of production for the sequel to Batman Begins titled The Dark Knight;[61] it is the first live-action Batman film without the word "Batman" in its title, which Bale noted as signaling that "this take on Batman of mine and Chris' is very different from any of the others". $67.44M. The Joker threatens to keep killing people unless Batman reveals his identity, and starts by murdering Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb and the judge presiding over the mob trial. Citing cultural sensitivities to some elements in the film, and a reluctance to adhere to pre-release conditions, Warner Bros. declined to release the film in mainland China. Spry, Jeff (February 2014). [109] Though the new costume is eight pounds heavier, Bale found it more comfortable and not as hot to wear. [221] Moreover, it was the fastest film to reach $100 million (a record first surpassed by New Moon), $150 million and each additional $50 million through $450 million (records surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers), and $500 million (a record first surpassed by Avatar). He is one of only five actors to appear in all three films. The Dark Knight's biggest territory was Australia, where it grossed $13.7 million over the weekend, setting a record for the largest superhero film opening. [180] In 2020, Empire magazine ranked it the third-best film of the 21st century. | | It set a record for midnight showings, earning $18.5 million from 3,040 theaters[206] (a record first surpassed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince). The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan.Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second installment of Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale and supported by Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. Vincenzo Nicoli played a crime boss in the meeting that had been held by the Joker and Lau. Christopher Nolan Short answer: YES, IT DID!When all was said and done, in 2005 came the first movie, simply titled "Batman Begins".The movie was a considerable hit in the box office and did well between public and critics. Kevin Conroy, "[196], A British-American production, the film was nominated for the 2009 Goya Award for Best European Film. Bruce decides to reveal his secret identity. [143] In 2016, Playboy ranked the film number five on its list of 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals. Batman comes to Dent's rescue and Gordon, who faked his death, apprehends the Joker, securing a promotion to Commissioner. They also made a fake news paper that you could read online. [77] Additionally, it was also the first Batman film to use 70 mm film stock. ", "50 Greatest Superhero Movie Performances of All Time", "Revenge of the Movie: 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals", "American Cinematographer Poll Names Amélie Best-Shot Film of 1998–2008", "Barry Norman's 100 Greatest Films of All Time", "50 Best Movies of Total Film Magazine's Lifetime", "New Zealand's favourite film is The Shawshank Redemption", "The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century: 10 - 1", "The Dark Knight â€“ the Sunday Times review", "Assessing the Themes of The Dark Knight", "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners", "Session Timeout â€“ Academy Awards Database â€“ AMPAS", "The week in geek: The Dark Knight's Oscars snub is a disgrace", "Why So Serious? [202][203] Before the re-release, the film's gross remained at $997 million,[204] but following the re-release, the film crossed the $1 billion mark in February 2009. [60] While initially uncertain of whether or not he would return to direct the sequel, Nolan did want to reinterpret the Joker on screen. The Dark Knight est une trilogie cinématographique américano - britannique basée sur le personnage Batman de DC Comics produite par Warner Bros. et composée des films suivants : Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) et The Dark Knight Rises (2012) . The site's critical consensus reads, "Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga. [84], Warner Bros. chose to film in Chicago for 13 weeks, because Nolan had a "truly remarkable experience" filming part of Batman Begins there. Yûichirô Hayashi [152] Travers praised all the cast, saying each brings his or her "'A' game" to the film. "Gotham is in chaos. The death of Conway Wickliffe, a special effects and stuntman technichian and the most important (but equally felt) of them, the death of actor Heath Ledger, who played the Joker on the film. Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution. 76 min Kane built his creation under Delilah's skin and now, Anne Hathaway is drinking from the same source!And now for my final considerations about this fantastic trilogy.———————FINAL CONSIDERATIONSPersonally, I consider this, one of the best and most successful trilogies of all time. [96] We will miss you! Director: Crime, Drama, Thriller. In the end of the movie Nolan turns and says to his team "I want something like this movie for Batman". A wealthy playboy and a Chicago cop both return to Gotham City where their lives will intersect in unexpected ways. [114], Batman Begins composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard returned to score the sequel. The new Batman movie would be a complete reboot of the old franchise, ignoring everything that happened from the 1989 Burton movie until the last and disastrous Schumacker movie. Composition began before shooting, and during filming Nolan received an iPod with ten hours of recordings. Ariel Winter, Klavan claims that, "at some level" The Dark Knight is "a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war". Batman arrives at the building, but realizes that the Joker sent him to Dent's location instead. [231] It topped the weekend box office outside North America three consecutive times and four in total. "[148] Ebert stated that the "key performance" is by Heath Ledger; he pondered whether he would become the first posthumous Academy Award-winning actor since Peter Finch in 1976. Jay Oliva But first, a brief history of Batman on the big screen.THE DARK PASTEverything started in 1943. Everyone had his turf. And we can notice this very influence of the Richard Donner movie once we see Batman enduring a very long period training and preparing before finally wears the suit for the first time. [164] Paste magazine named it one of the 50 best movies of the decade (2000–2009), ranking it at number 11. [232] Its highest-grossing market after North America was the UK, Ireland, and Malta, where it earned $89.1 million. Zack Snyder's The Dark Knight Returns would lend itself better to a theatrical release and require a more modest budget compared to a straight Snyder cut sequel, making the Batman story a more manageable and realistic follow-up. | Also, it generated the longest and more memorable viral campaing on the Internet, going from leads, hints, through promotions, videos, audio files, special websites and a web series called Gotham Tonight. And together, we can change whatever we want.The end of the trilogy is special in a very positive sense. Klavan supports this reading of the film by comparing Batman—like Bush, Klavan argues—"sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past. Elizabeth Allan, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi. It was additionally nominated for six others, these being Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Film Editing. Aaron Eckhart recalled, "Chris looked at me and he said, 'Heath is doing something special.' Stuntman Jean-Pierre Goy doubled for Christian Bale during the riding sequences in The Dark Knight. [80], For fifteen years Nolan had wanted to shoot in the IMAX format, and he also used it for "quiet scenes which pictorially we thought would be interesting". Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle is sexy, exciting, thrilling and very strong. [222] Finally, it achieved the largest second-weekend gross (a record first surpassed by Avatar). La película de Batman de Christopher Nolan “The Dark Knight”, de 2008, fue un éxito en taquilla y recibió la mayor cantidad de votos populares. [138] Leading up to The Dark Knight's commercial release, the film had drawn "overwhelmingly positive early reviews and buzz on Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker". Drama, Sci-Fi. Anthony Michael Hall appears as Mike Engel, a Gotham Cable News reporter, and Keith Szarabajka portrays Gerard Stephens, a detective in Gordon's unit. [250] Meanwhile, Michael B. Jordan named Ledger's performance as an influence for the former's portrayal of Killmonger, the villain in Black Panther. 136 min [66] Jerry Robinson, one of the Joker's co-creators, was consulted on the character's portrayal. The Dark Knight was nominated for eight Academy Awards for the 81st Ceremony,[190] breaking the previous record of seven held by Dick Tracy[191] for the most nominations received by a film based on a comic book, comic strip, or graphic novel. That's part of the whole fabric of how a city is bound together. Shipping and delivery schedules were also staggered and spot checks were carried out both domestically and overseas to ensure illegal copying of the film was not taking place in cinemas. Coincidence? [76] For its release in IMAX theaters, Nolan shot four major sequences in that format, including the Joker's opening bank robbery and the car chase midway through the film, which marked the first time that a feature film had been even partially shot in the format. A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. [240], The film also sold Blu-ray copies worth 370 million yen (US$4.1 million) in Japan, placing it 3rd out of 10 in the top 10 overall Blu-ray category. 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[253] Furthermore, in a tenth anniversary retrospective for Rotten Tomatoes, Erik Amaya credited Ledger's performance with providing a novel interpretation of the Joker for the general public, one that proved to be a template for later cinematic portrayals. The number of theaters also included 94 IMAX theaters, with the film estimated to be played on 9,200 screens in the United States and Canada. The Joker gives Dent a gun and convinces him to seek revenge for Rachel's death, then destroys the hospital and escapes with a busload of hostages. R "[153] Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Every great hero needs a great villain. | The Feds want the Man of Tomorrow to put a stop to him. Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. [88] While filming in Chicago, the film was given the false title Rory's First Kiss to lower the visibility of production, but the local media eventually uncovered the ruse. [236] The DVD versions feature the entire film framed in a uniform 2.40:1 aspect ratio. Several sequences, including one car chase, were shot on the lower level of Wacker Drive.  It was then distributed to 4,366 cinemas, in the U.S and Canada, breaking the previous record held by … Animation, Action, Crime. 102 min Fritz Lang Stars: And in 2008, Christian Bale's Batman found his in Heath Ledger's demented dervish, the Joker. [183] Reviewing the film in The Sunday Times, Cosmo Landesman reached the opposite conclusion to Klavan, arguing that The Dark Knight "offers up a lot of moralistic waffle about how we must hug a terrorist—okay, I exaggerate. [235] The BD/iTunes version presents the film in a variable aspect ratio, with the IMAX sequences framed in 1.78:1, while scenes filmed in 35 mm are framed in 2.40:1. [224] Notably, it topped the box office during the second-biggest weekend of all time in North America (aggregated total of $253,586,871)[225] and it was the only 2008 film that remained on top of the box office charts for four consecutive weekends. [243] The Dark Knight was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on December 19, 2017. | [81] In addition, the cameras had short film loads ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes[81] and the cost of the film stock was much greater than standard 35 mm film. [167] On the March 22, 2011 television special Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, The Dark Knight was voted the second-best action film while the Joker, as portrayed by Ledger, was voted the third-greatest film character. Though, there's a Robin reference in the movie, as there was a Henri Ducard reference in Batman Begins. 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The Dark Knight also received nominations from the Writers Guild of America (for Best Adapted Screenplay), the Producers Guild of America, and the Directors Guild of America, as well as a slew of other guild award nominations and wins. The story was gripping, the atmosphere was dark, edgy and the characters were interesting. David Selby, [125] The sequence was released on the Blu-ray Disc edition of Batman Begins on July 8, 2008. But that was just the beginning. It made $199.7 million on its worldwide opening weekend, which ranks 34th on the all-time chart. You can see a subtle Batman sign in the door of the main character of Following, Chris' first movie. | Gross: PG-13 When you look at a film like Pirates of the Caribbean—something like that, there's something about a very fanciful, very detailed visual effect, that I think is more powerful and less repulsive. See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. ", "Movies: In Stetson or Wig, He's Hard to Pin Down", "World Exclusive: The Joker Speaks: He's a Cold-blooded Mass-murdering Clown", "Heath Ledger Says His Joker Has 'Zero Empathy, "Nolan Talks DARK KNIGHT Blu-Ray, a 100,000 Person Screening of the Film (Featuring Live Q & A w/ Nolan), TDK Sequel, and More!! Ariel Winter, [205], The Dark Knight opened on Friday, July 18, 2008. & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Bat-Manga! We are shown that innocent people died because of Batman—and he falls for it. A nicely done "rise from the ashes" by a great superhero, specially considering it was the biggest box office of a Batman movie ever released to that time. Val Kilmer, Loud Distribution The Dark Knight Rises-Catwoman Head Women's T-Shirt White X-Large: Free UK Shipping on Orders Over £20 and Free 30-Day Returns, on … It became huge from night to day, just like that. [39] According to veteran Batman artist Neal Adams, he met with David Goyer in Los Angeles, and the story would eventually look to Adams and writer Denny O'Neil's 1971 story "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" that appeared in Batman #251, in which O'Neil and Adams re-introduced the Joker. It's strong but it has a sense of lightheart at the end.Personally it left me very happy but at the same time with a bittersweet taste, knowing that a great era in the story of comic book movies had come to an end. $534.86M. Jay Oliva It played at the AMC IMAX theaters in Universal CityWalk, Lincoln Square, Manhattan, and Metreon, as well as the Ontario Place Cinesphere. [155], Emanuel Levy wrote Ledger "throws himself completely" into the role,[156] and that the film represents Nolan's "most accomplished and mature" work, and the most technically impressive and resonant of all the Batman films. Ronald Colman, "[73], While scouting for shooting locations in October 2006, location manager Robin Higgs visited Liverpool, concentrating mainly along the city's waterfront. [119] The site aimed to interest fans by having them try to earn what they wanted to see and, on behalf of Warner Bros., 42 Entertainment also established a "vandalized" version of I Believe in Harvey Dent, called "I believe in Harvey Dent too", where e-mails sent by fans slowly removed pixels, revealing the first official image of the Joker; it was ultimately replaced with many "Haha"s and a hidden message that said "see you in December". One of the best. "[146] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was "A" on an A+ to F scale; audiences skewed slightly male and older. "[149], Other critics have mentioned the theme of the triumph of evil over good. [137], Warner Bros. held the world premiere for The Dark Knight in New York City on July 14, 2008, screening in an IMAX theater with the film's composers James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer playing a part of the film score live. [223], It has grossed the fourth-largest Saturday gross ($51,336,732). Bale did insist on doing shots on the Batpod himself, but was prohibited by the team fearing his safety. It leaves us with a very high note and makes us want to be part of the life of those characters.I don't want to spoil the end of the story for those who will still watch it, but the sequences of the ending are very rewarding. Action, Crime, Drama. ", "Why So Seriously Good? 128 min The story can perfectly be left here, like the closing of a circle.More than that! In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[10]. Batman persuades Gordon to hold him responsible for the killing spree and preserve Dent's heroic image. [120], During the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con International, 42 Entertainment launched WhySoSerious.com, sending fans on a scavenger hunt to unlock a teaser trailer and a new photo of the Joker. And fortunately, it was accepted. Futoshi Higashide, "The Dark Knight Legend"Act I (Prelude) - Batman Begins Loud Distribution The Dark Knight Rises - Bane Lightning Men's T-Shirt Black Large: Free UK Shipping on Orders Over £20 and Free 30-Day Returns, on Selected … Batman was debuting on the big screen in the form of a movie serial, which was a very common thing these days, once that nobody used to have TV in their houses. THE END OF THE DARKFinally, all came to an end in the third and last Batman movie directed by Christopher Nolan. [88], Pinewood Studios, near London, was the primary studio space used for the production. [247][248][249] For example, director Ryan Coogler cited The Dark Knight's depiction of Gotham City as a partial inspiration for the representation of Wakanda in the 2018 blockbuster Black Panther. In the Dark is a four-part British crime drama that premiered on BBC One from 11 July to 1 August 2017. Dent goes on a killing spree, deciding the fates of people he holds responsible for Rachel's death by flipping his lucky coin—one side having become scorched in the explosion. Zimmer compared its style to that of Kraftwerk, a band from his native Germany, as well as bands like the Damned. Director: The engines are located in the hubs of the wheels, which are set 3½ feet (1,067 mm) apart on either side of the tank. Along, of course, we have other elements from the first Joker story published in Batman #1 written in 1940 by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson and also from the first Two-Face story from 1941. "[156] On the other hand, David Denby of The New Yorker said that the story is not coherent enough to properly flesh out the disparities. "[24], According to Nolan, an important theme of the sequel is "escalation", extending the ending of Batman Begins, noting "things having to get worse before they get better". More than 17,000 people around the world participated in the final vote. When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. Michael Mann [24] Christopher had Jonathan watch Fritz Lang's 1933 crime film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse prior to writing the Joker,[63][64] with the Joker resembling Mabuse's characteristics. [99] A similar incident occurred during the filming in Chicago, when an abandoned Brach's candy factory (which was Gotham Hospital in the film) was demolished. George Newbern. [8] At the 81st Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. A gang of criminals robs a Gotham City mob bank, murdering each other for a higher share until only the Joker remains; he escapes with the money. [215] It sold an estimated 22.37 million tickets during its first weekend with 2008's average admission of $7.08, meaning the film sold more tickets than Spider-Man 3, which sold 21.96 million with the average price of $6.88 in 2007. | Gross: It's thrilling and very meaninful in it's message. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 152 min Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Votes: "[113] Framestore created 120 computer-generated shots of Dent's visage. But they still manages to give us their own and original point of view about the source material.The characters are great, the story is very well tied in and the decision to never treat these films like a "franchise" that gives always clues to a next chapter makes the whole difference.Instead of thinking about these films in a movie structure, I like to think about them as an opera being enacted to us.