Aug 04 2008
The Dark Knight is Like President Bush!
The new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight,” has the best American message! The Batman movie is ultimately about good vs. evil. And good conquers evil! There really is good and evil in the world, just think about when you have to make a choice and that little voice (your conscience) tells you to choose the right choice, even though the wrong choice would be easier and perhaps more fun. 
The Batman movie is America and the war on terror right now! The Joker is a terrorist and evil. In the movie they say we do not have to understand him, he is a terrorist, we either die or kill him first. The Joker promotes chaos for the sake of chaos. There is even a human bomb in the movie where the Joker puts a cell phone bomb in a crazy man’s stomach, suicide bombers.
Batman is President Bush, he is not afraid to go after the Joker and call evil what it is, evil.
Batman is also a symbol for President Bush because he is willing to be a villain to save the people. President Bush is willing to be hated, because he knows he is doing what is right in going after the terrorists and saving America.
I was listening to Rick Roberts today and he was talking all about “The Dark Knight’s” great message and he even said that Batman’s bat symbol even kind of looks like a “W.”
America must continue to be good and fight off the evil that wants to kill us! “The Dark Knight” also shows people have the right to choose between good and evil. In America you have the right to choose, freedoms.
Now go see “The Dark Knight” now or again and help it to make even more money and spread its‘ message!
Not quite. I’ve spent quite a while trying to draw parallels between The Dark Knight and current events–putting aside the fact that Christopher Nolan has repeated again and again that he directed the film with no political intentions–only to come to the conclusion that conservatives don’t know anything about Batman.
While it is true that villains such as the Joker are unreasonable, sadistic killers, the more common characters of Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, the Penguin, and Ra’s al Ghul are logical beings who fight to preserve themselves and their loved ones. Although their methods are extreme, they completely believe in what they do just as Batman believes in what he does.
And about being willing to become hated and ostracized for the greater good? Can’t the same be said for Michael Moore and Al Gore, whose separate fights for what they believe have led to a hatred from Republicans and Democrats alike?
And Batman does not believe in “evil.” Despite the unimaginable darkness he has witnessed during his career, the Dark Knight believes that everyone is capable of redemption. Because if they cannot be forgiven for their questionable actions, what chance does Batman have?
I believe in Harvey Dent.
I noticed the parallels. It took on the wiretapping issue. Throughout most of the film the population of Gotham City was demanding Batman’s capture, that he turn himself in, because he was making things worse by angering the criminals. Alfred (Michael Caine
) when describing the Joker in the movie says “some men don’t care about money, they just want to watch the world burn.” Who does that remind you of?