The Dark Knight: About the Emotion

The Chechen: [During a private sit down meeting with the gangsters] What do you propose?

The Joker: It's simple. We, uh, kill the Batman.

[mobsters laugh]

Salvatore Maroni: If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?

The Joker: If you're good at something, never do it for free.

The Dark Knight is a superhero movie, launched in 2008, that was co-produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan and it is considered his masterpiece. The Dark Knight took the genre to another level by melding blockbuster sensibilities with thematically relevant material to result in a film that’s stimulating on a visceral, intellectual, and emotional level. Nolan's inspiration for the film was the Joker's comic book debut in 1940, the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Two-Face's origin.

Film critics consider it one of the best films of the 2000s and one of the best superhero films of all time. The film received highly positive reviews, particularly for its action, score, screenplay, performances, visual effects, and direction, setting numerous records during its theatrical run. In his two Batman movies, Nolan has freed the character to be a canvas for a broader scope of human emotion. For Bruce Wayne is a deeply troubled man, let there be no doubt, and if ever in exile from his heroic role, it would not surprise me what he finds himself capable of doing.