The scene in which he's holding one of the fake Batman hostage and he says look at me. The entire theater went silent.

​@@cgrf45 not just silent but everyone collectively held their breath like he held the audience hostage. It was the best movie experience I've ever had

I forgot how such a little chill running through me, had been missed until this movie. It was like I was a kid reading the comics for the first time. I was so excited inside and wanted to explode. When he lights came up, I was pleasantly surprised I was not alone in that sense of everything. Two of my closest friends with me, jaws dropped and smiling. the first thing uttered was, "Did you just see that, @#$@ing awesome"

Love when the whole theatre is fully invested in what's happening on screen, massive buzz

@@smpdevelopments 100%, like Ashley said, 2.5 hrs, oh it's over. Now that was awesome

cant believe it wasn’t even nominated 😭😭same with interstellar.

@@mateo02_ But they felt Black Panther was worthy of a nomination ookkkkkkkkkk buddy

@@billytessio6326 i know right 💀

He said it deserved to be nominated. He never said it should have won.

Spielberg is a hack. As is Nolan. Who's surprised a hack supports a hack?

Yep that speech Alfred gave Bruce in this movie was not just deep but prophetic. “Some men just want to see the world burn 🔥 you can’t reason with them or negotiate with them at all”. That’s what I love about the joker 🃏. He’s a true villain

he burned all the money you idiot.

One of the greatest performances by Heath Ledger but not one of the greatest films. It's very good, but not great imo

@@khoyrulislamlol ok.

Yes its going to be incredible.

@@khoyrulislam your opinion is wrong

@@khoyrulislam Yeah you are right, its the definition of a slightly above average movie. LOL what a shit opinion, its one of the most suspenseful movies ever created with incredible acting and cinematography. Not only is it by far the best super hero movie ever made, its a cult classic that will be forever remembered as a great movie.

I get the same goosebumps 😳

Iron Man 1.

​@@leonmayne797 aji Ghanta

My favorite line...I find ways to incorporate that myself when the occasion calls for it.

You don't have to say "Just my opinion." It's a valid opinion. No need to minimize it.🙂

I actually thought it was the weakest part of the movie. If one person doesn’t follow his instructions the whole heist is a failure. His other forms of manipulation where regular people are faced with moral dilemmas, were the most believable and traction building events in the film and probably film history. “If this man isn’t killed by tomorrow I’m going to blow up a hospital.” And people try to kill him. And so on.

@@VonJay understandable...

@@VonJay Joker is running game theory scenarios which put very simply relies on the idea that every person will always do what’s in their own best interest or a loved one’s best interest instead of looking out for anyone else. Therefore, human behavior is predictable and therefore can also be manipulated. This is the basis of Joker’s worldview (people are driven by a dog eat dog mentality) and there is no true morality in the world. You brought up the other social experiments he conducted on Gotham’s citizens and on Batman. Joker is right about everybody being corruptible if forced into a choice between the greater good and self interest - with the exceptions of Bruce, Rachel and Gordon. They all demonstrate willingness to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. Anyway this opening scene establishes right off the bat that the joker is a master of manipulation, a keen judge of character as it predicts behavior and that he is a master strategist. He’s playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. I also like how Nolan opens the film with the villain this time as opposed to Begins. It says right away this is going to be different from Begins and we’re picking up right where we left off. Nolan treats Joker like a protagonist in that he shows him excelling and operating at a high level at what he does. This is what you do with serial hero pictures - you show the mc doing his thing and well. Even if someone didn’t know who the joker was from comics, they would probably get the sense that the joker was going to be a formidable opponent for the hero and that he has a dangerously low regard for human life. Note that he probably only leaves the bank manager alive so that he can give a live account / report back to the mob about the encounter over and above any camera footage. He would have given “testimony” about just how scary the Joker was.

@@nikkinewbie6014 i still didn’t think that the opening sequence was believable. No matter how good a judge of character the joker is, too many pieces have to fall correctly for the job to be completed. His other exploits, however, were chaotic, and didn’t really depend on order or one domino hitting the next. He has instinctive hold over “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs” and triggers everyone’s limbic and autonomic systems in the process. And I think the joker’s exploits are a little too firebrand for most citizens. Sure there are citizens of Gotham who are more cerebral and strategic, but most people get rattled and make decisions though they are emotional compromised,and eventually don’t work out for their long term interests at all. It’s why I called each of his exploits “Albert Camus’ trolly moral dilemma” where no matter what track you choose, both your family members and strangers will eventually die. Since the joker’s chaos is “a constant state of becoming,” no matter what choice you make.

@@VonJay It really didn't matter if the bank heist went off perfectly or even succeeded. The Joker was trying to send a message to the criminals backing the bank. He didn't care about the money at all. And honestly anyone willing to rob a bank run by "the mob" would want enough money from it to get away and stay away for life, which means the less sharing the better. The Joker compartmentalized information. No one else knew about the bus being the escape plan because they didn't need to know. Again, people willing to rob a mob bank will most certainly have their own best interests in mind and not the group interests. It's really not hard to manipulate such a small group of people. The Joker also likely selected those people specifically because he knew they would follow instructions.

​@@FightingGameLegendwhat do you think he means by TDK?

And Daredevil is the Breaking Bad of TV series focused on superheroes.

@@somecallmejeremy The Boys : What ? lol

@@thedude9119 daredevil > the boys even though boys real good

@@thedude9119”The Boys” is good, but a little over-the-top and too much dark comedy to be adequately compared to “Breaking Bad”

You haven't been to a good movie then lol

I've seen some masterpieces in my time after TDK, but nothing even comes close to the experience I had during this movie.

I remember the theater was dead silent. All you could hear was the movie. Only happened to me twice. It was with TDN both times, with midnight showing and opening night of TDNR. They showed BB & TDN before, and dead silence when TDN played that night too.

For me it's the ending.. Gordon's monologue paired with the pictures of Batman fleeing and the Music.. just perfect.. can't say I have seen any other film ending so often on KZfaq

I'm glad so many of you liked my chatgpt generated comment. I wanted to test how good it would be, and I didn't even need to modify anything, it really understood the prompt.

@@DanCreaMundos was the 2nd comment ChatGPT too? Is my comment also written by ChatGPT? Are we living in a simulation?

Have you seen everything, everywhere, all at once yet?

How dude, I mean I get how it's good but it was one of the least enjoyable movies I've ever watched 😭

have you watched Casablanca? Jeramiah Johnson? Gone With the Wind? The Dark Knight is a good movie but best film ever hahahaha hardly. Have you seen Dog Day Afternoon? Network (1976)? The Witches of Eastwick? Really anything staring Jack Nicolson, Al Pacino, or Cher. Their star power lifts any movie. Anything with Anthony Quinn is lifted by his presence in the movie as well. No star in the Dark Knight lifts the movie so strongly as when these iconic celebrities enter a scene.

This film's effect on me didn't really catch on until some days or weeks after I first saw it in the theater. Even today I often point out cases of what I'll call "Joker Syndrome:" nobody panics when things go "according to plan," even if the "plan" is horrifying. What the Joker was getting at in context is that we tend to accept harm and suffering if it's the "expected" or "societally correct" people being harmed or suffering.

Right

zimmer and nolan, just like bale and nolan, always produce magic

Don’t forget a Knights Tale

Check out “Two Hands” one of his best films 🤙 full movie is on you tube

His death, tragic as it was, just added to the legend of TDK. The movie came out when I was like 10. Before I was even allowed to watch it, I knew who Heath Ledger was and that he committed suicide because playing the Joker made him insane. From that moment, I knew I had to watch this movie.

@@evanswift5020 you know that’s not what happened right?

@@MrProdigy810 Now, yes. When I was 10, no.

facts

it's such a dope film

Great examples! I think Lord of the Rings also did a fantastic job of that.

I agree@@0That_Guy0

excellent examples along with this movie

Nah the meatriding is crazy

I agree

Right, the way it transcends being more than just a superhero movie, it's incredible.

Got a point there.

And when hes on the street his hair is brown and then suddenly becomes green at the unmasking

@@kobi3913 that’s just how much of an agent of chaos the joker is. 😂

It's still brown with a touch of green and that's how it's been in entire scene.@@kobi3913

I agree

nicee

Of the three with Christopher Bale, this is my favorite.

💯

Bane was simple ... what more do you need to know other then he protected the child of Ra's Al Ghul's daughter. Talia is the main villain of the Dark Knight Rises. Bane is just a supporting henchmen.

Is that intentional or accident?