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The Dark Knight, one of many batman films, was released on July 18th, 2008 during a "the war on terror" which is still ongoing. 

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The Dark Knight, one of many batman films, was released on July 18th, 2008 during a "the war on terror" which is still ongoing. 

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The US was during the beginning of its war of terror, people were scared, the government wasn't doing enough or the right things. There was the constant threat of danger looming over our country.

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This film follows Batman, the rich and inhumanly powerful protector of Gotham and his battle against crime. A new terrifying and unforgiving criminal, the Joker, throws challenges and creates chaos to try to bring Batman down. Batman tries his hardest to protect Gotham while the citizens slowly lose faith in him.

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The genre of The Dark Knight is superhero/thriller. This is important because it caters to a wide group of people, superhero movies have been around and have been popular for a very long time.

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The point that the film is making is that no one has control. This point is conveyed through the Joker, he is just holding Batman and the people accountable for their lies and deception. The Joker broke Batman's moral code by making him responsible for the deaths of civilians, he shows there is no plan, and no one has control, not even batman.

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Throughout the movie there are several subtle imitations of real life. In many scenes they depicted hospital bombing, suicide bombers, torture, terror, and weapons.

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The film begins with the Joker and others robbing a bank. Those working with the Joker were told to kill each other as they completed the robbery. The last standing person was the joker who escaped on a school bus, using the school buses outside the bank as cover. This relates to terrorists using civilians as cover.

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The joker captures a batman fan and makes a video torturing him, he hangs the fan dressed as batman. He tells Batman in a video that he will continue to kill unless Batman reveals himself publicly. This scene gives another of the first shows of how cruel the joker is. He is instilling fear into Gotham and its citizens, trying to turn them on Batman by blaming the deaths on him. He is again targeting and using civilians and now he is using a video to take credit for the murders and torturing his victims like a terrorist would.

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The joker uses people as his instruments of terror to use against batman. He also uses the people and turns them on Batman to make him being a "hero" even harder.

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The joker wears a bomb filled vest to a criminal meeting to threaten them. This is similar to a suicide bomber, terrorists who would sacrifice themselves to hurt others.

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The Joker threatens to blow up the Gotham hospital, using civilians, and while they evacuate everyone Batman works to save the man the Joker wants to die in exchange for the hospital. This relates to the 9/11 attacks, when terrorists destroyed the twin towers to instil fear and terror into our country. The Joker has the same idea, creating chaos and terror as well. 

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The Joker threatens to blow up the Gotham hospital, using civilians, and while they evacuate everyone Batman works to save the man the Joker wants to die in exchange for the hospital. This relates to the 9/11 attacks, when terrorists destroyed the twin towers to instil fear and terror into our country. The Joker has the same idea, creating chaos and terror as well. 

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The Joker blows up the hospital, he shows that he has no care for civilians. He lets Harvey live, turning him evil like he wanted. With this he shows that even those who we believe will change things for better are the ones who will turn away as soon as things get bad for them.

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Near the end of the film, Bruce Wayne (Batman) uses a sonar surveillance device to track down where the joker is. Fox, who is told to control the device, tells Bruce that he disagrees with the surveillance and that he will not work for him if he keeps the device. This is very similar to the NSA's terrorist surveillance program.

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"In The Dark Knight, it is not fear but guilt that is dragging Bruce Wayne down. As the film begins, he’s already feeling the weight of having inspired masked copycat vigilantes instead of do-gooding idealists, thus making Gotham an even more lawless place."

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"In The Dark Knight, it is not fear but guilt that is dragging Bruce Wayne down. As the film begins, he’s already feeling the weight of having inspired masked copycat vigilantes instead of do-gooding idealists, thus making Gotham an even more lawless place."

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Like I said before, Batman has to face himself due to the Joker. He fights so hard against crime that it drives the Joker to him, and in turn leads to chaos in Gotham.

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At the end of the film, Harvey takes Gordon's family hostage to get revenge for Rachel. This is a form of using civilians and enhanced interrogation, just like in the war of terror. This shows how Joker's plot worked. 

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At the end of the film, Harvey takes Gordon's family hostage to get revenge for Rachel. This is a form of using civilians and enhanced interrogation, just like in the war of terror. This shows how Joker's plot worked. 

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“In "The Dark Knight," one of the Joker's final acts is to deprogram Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Gotham's fallen hero, into "an agent of chaos." Dent's tragic arc is the film's emotional core, but his story has none of the Joker's sinister resonance.”

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“In "The Dark Knight," one of the Joker's final acts is to deprogram Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Gotham's fallen hero, into "an agent of chaos." Dent's tragic arc is the film's emotional core, but his story has none of the Joker's sinister resonance.”

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The loss of Rachel destroys Harvey leading him down the path of chaos like the Joker intended. The film ends with this, the Joker is captured and Harvey is dead but Batman decides to keep Harvey's legacy on keeping him 'The white knight of Gotham'. Batman becomes the villain he always secretly was.

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Should we be treated as villains to capture the true villains, should our privacy be compromised? Should we put lives on the line to help buy the ‘hero’ time. 

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Should we be treated as villains to capture the true villains, should our privacy be compromised? Should we put lives on the line to help buy the ‘hero’ time. 

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At the end of the film this is the question that looms over my mind. Batman believes he is a hero, but is he? He was responsible for many deaths by trying to control people and the Joker took notice and showed him the true message of the film, that no one has control.

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The point that Christopher Nolan, the director, was making is that the one who seems to be the hero may not always be the hero. While batman at first had the love and trust of Gotham as the Joker began to terrorise the city the people became more aware of their role as pawns in Batman's fight against crime. 

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The point that Christopher Nolan, the director, was making is that the one who seems to be the hero may not always be the hero. While batman at first had the love and trust of Gotham as the Joker began to terrorise the city the people became more aware of their role as pawns in Batman's fight against crime. 

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As I stated in the beginning the war of terror is ongoing, this movie still relates to us. The corrupt powers are still very much a factor in our government and the leaders of other countries.

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Ebiri, Bilge. “Ten Years Later, ‘The Dark Knight’ and Its Vision of Guilt Still Resonate.” The Village Voice, 30 May 2022, https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/07/18/10-years-later-the-dark-knight-and-its-vision-of-guilt-still-resonate/. 

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Ebiri, Bilge. “Ten Years Later, ‘The Dark Knight’ and Its Vision of Guilt Still Resonate.” The Village Voice, 30 May 2022, https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/07/18/10-years-later-the-dark-knight-and-its-vision-of-guilt-still-resonate/. 

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Zilberman, Alan. “Perspective | 'The Dark Knight' and Heath Ledger's Joker Were a Prophecy of Our Troll Culture.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 14 July 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-dark-knight-and-heath-ledgers-joker-were-a-prescient-example-of-troll-culture/2018/07/12/405c4694-8393-11e8-9e80-403a221946a7_story.html.