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2-face was central to the plot--it was about fighting chaos/evil using principles vs popularity

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: It wasn't very good posted by Jack G on April 06, 2009 at 13:25:39

Without the two-face character, the entire exploration of the movie was lost. It's little wonder you guys didn't like it. You never really grasped what it was about. Nothing less than a fable of our times.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

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It felt forced and fake. - Jack G 08:04:39 04/11/09 (4)
> > > Nothing less than a fable of our times. < < <
Not really. Just another comic book movie taking itself way too seriously.
Yes, its Good Vs. Evil-its a comic book.
Jack

Edits: 04/11/09
- So what was Dent--good or evil? The movie was far more nuanced than you realized. NT - Jazz Inmate 09:05:38 04/11/09 (3)
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  We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
  - If you considered TDK deep, to each his own... (nt) - Jack G 10:33:37 04/11/09 (2)
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    - enjoy your arthaus euroflicks NT - Jazz Inmate 20:24:15 04/11/09 (1)
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      - enjoy your comic books (nt) - Jack G 06:50:33 04/12/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: enjoy your arthaus euroflicks NT posted by Jazz Inmate on April 11, 2009 at 20:24:15
        
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"You never really grasped what it was about" Or you read too much into it and saw what you wanted to. - Tony D. 10:22:52 04/10/09 (1)
It's just not a very good film Jazz and of course it's always easy to glean support for ones bias in any movie, which is what seems to have happened with you and TDK.

Ledger and Bale were good but a good part of TDK's success is based on Ledger having died just before the movies release..this turned a very ordinary film into a kind of 'monument' for him.

An okay popcorn movie but nothing deeper than that.

J.B.
- From wiretapping to the concept of sacrificing popularity to fight evil...the film was fairly overt - Jazz Inmate 14:57:49 04/10/09 (0)
  in addressing some of the key political issues of our time. Sure, you can watch it as a popcorn movie, and therein lies its genius. But if you really want to open your eyes and take a deeper look, you can do that too. Well, you can't, but astute observers can.
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