The Dark Knight

quote Sam

If I'm honest I actually think this film is one of this years overrated films of which has failed to live upto its expectations.

However I've been told that I should watch it again as most people who have said that have watched it again and loved it. Luckily before I saw it at the cinema yesterday I met a Chinese guy selling DVDs and got TDK off him for free.

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Alongside Alfred, Robin also serves a vital role in defining and maturing the Bruce Wayne/Batman dynamic. Without both his faithful manservant/father figure and devoted apprentice by the Dark Knight's side, it's easy for the Batman/Bruce Wayne relationship to fall into the trivial and overly simplistic notion that Bruce Wayne is the mask and Batman is the true personality. Befriending, mentoring and eventually adopting Dick Grayson is perhaps the most important development in Batman's life, at least from a perspective of proving that he has not lost all of his humanity behind his Dark Knight persona. In many ways, the Dick Grayson/Robin character brings the third, truest side of Bruce Wayne's character front and center – the personality that doesn't need a mask, the one that only shows itself when Batman lets down his guard in the Batcave while trading quips with Alfred or training his future sidekick.

When you look at it from this perspective, Robin's necessity to the Batman mythos becomes clear. In addition to mirroring Batman in a more positive manner (and the second Batman film was ripe with negative mirrors to Bruce's nature), Robin is the keystone of Batman's humanity. It's through him that we see Bruce successfully fight off his demons and remain a force for good, rather than become just another destructive sociopath stomping around Gotham.

quote TurMoiL911

quote Cruxis Mana

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At first glance, that looked like Andy Dick.