August 3, 2008
Can someone explain the new batman movie ending?I'm a bit skeptical.?
Okay he said he had to be the bad guy? Whats up with that?
Harvey Dent had a reputation as a great, heroic common man who was a sort of symbol of justice for the citizens of Gotham. Batman, while he is clearly the hero to us as an audience, does not have such a reputation among the city's residents. All the kids, it seems, and everyone he helps really like him, but the police and other city authorities are always saying that he's a lawless vigilante.
The reason he said that he is the bad guy is because he decided that he would take the blame for the deaths of the people that Harvey Dent killed after becoming Two-Face, as well as Harvey Dent's death. He figured it would be better for the citizens of Gotham to mistrust him, as a questionable vigilante who kills people for seemingly no reason and follows nobody's rules, than to see that Harvey Dent, the beacon of truth and justice, had fallen prey to rage and destruction and hostility against his fellow man.
Harvey Dent's memorial service was that of a hero. As he said "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." He became the villain, but preserving his image as a hero who died for the cause was very important in keeping the city's hopes alive, and to keep it from returning to what it was before.
Filed under Are You a bit Skeptical? by Melissa Coleman
Comments on Can someone explain the new batman movie ending?I'm a bit skeptical.? »
If they told everyone Harvey was evil they thought the city would return to chaos. Harvey was the "White Knight" of Gotham.
They have to pretend, at least for now, that Batman is the bad guy.
References :
Scarecrow was doing drugs so he imagined the entire movie Vanilla Sky style
References :
Harvey Dent had a reputation as a great, heroic common man who was a sort of symbol of justice for the citizens of Gotham. Batman, while he is clearly the hero to us as an audience, does not have such a reputation among the city's residents. All the kids, it seems, and everyone he helps really like him, but the police and other city authorities are always saying that he's a lawless vigilante.
The reason he said that he is the bad guy is because he decided that he would take the blame for the deaths of the people that Harvey Dent killed after becoming Two-Face, as well as Harvey Dent's death. He figured it would be better for the citizens of Gotham to mistrust him, as a questionable vigilante who kills people for seemingly no reason and follows nobody's rules, than to see that Harvey Dent, the beacon of truth and justice, had fallen prey to rage and destruction and hostility against his fellow man.
Harvey Dent's memorial service was that of a hero. As he said "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." He became the villain, but preserving his image as a hero who died for the cause was very important in keeping the city's hopes alive, and to keep it from returning to what it was before.
References :
Batman thought that Harvey was a symbol of hope for Gotham because he put away half of the city's criminals, and was getting Gotham on the right track.
But at the end, when Batman and the police saved him instead of Rachel, he went crazy because she was his fiancee, and he loved her more than anything.
So in his rage (and influence of the Joker) he started killing people also. Batman killed Harvey in the end, but took the blame for all of his crimes, so Harvey's crimes wouldnt tarish his image because he was a symbol of hope.
References :