Gotham is a District of Chicago

Tim Burton’s Gotham from his first Batman movie was epic.  None too realistic, but so immersing and cinematic that it filled the role. It was literally one of the characters.  I recall some commentary about how the set design was planned and one of the designers stated, I believe, that they considered what New York [...]

Life is Like a Box of Jokers

Apparently, crazy is as crazy does, and needs no further explanation.  The Joker is first introduced in TDK rather brilliantly, as dangerous, psychotic, and reasonably well-played by Heath Ledger.  The problem is, other than his own dialogue in 2 moments of the movie about his father that he hated who gave him is facial scars, [...]

From Dent to Bent in The Blink of an Eye

So here we have a courageous District Attorney, Harvey Dent, one who is passionate about cleaning up the city and upholding the law.  Although Rachel Dawes is his girlfriend, we are not shown any real passion or love between them.  Allegedly he loves her, which is shown in the form of asking him to marry [...]