Cool picture, isn't ? Well, that's the cover of a 2008 movie that's called "The Dark Knight". It is a superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, the same man who had produced and directed "Inception".
To begin with, this is a sequel to another Batman movie, Batman Begins, which was released in 2005. In that film, we can clearly see the birth of the Batman; when Bruce Wayne was young, he fell in cavern and had been attacked by bats, this experience traumatised him because he was really afraid of them. On a night, Bruce was going home from the theater with his parents, and they encountered a beggar with a gun who asked them money. The beggar killed his father. The mother has known the same fate. After the murder, the young Bruce Wayne was filled by anger and thirst for vengeance. He was taken home and raised by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth.
When he grew older, Bruce joined the League of Shadows, commanded by Ras' Al Ghul, and became a very strong warrior. With all his skills, he wanted to serve justice in Gotham City. With the help of Lucius Fox, a former board member of Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne obtained all his weapons, and his Batman armored suit (he has chosen a bat-costume, because it inspires fear, like the fear he has felt some years ago in the cave).
At the end of the movie, the Lieutnant Jim Gordon, who is faithfull to Batman, mentions a strange criminal who leaves Joker playing cards at crime scenes. Batman promises to investigate and that's how "Batman Begins" ends and how "The Dark Knight" begins.
You guessed it, the Joker is the main vilain in this movie. I won't spoil you all the film, because it deserves to be watched, and I already wrote a lot of stuff so I'm feeling a little bit tired right now. Also, there will be another sequel to this movie (Batman 3), still with Christopher Nolan as director, and Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne !
To end this article, I want to pay tribute to Heath Ledger (also known as the Joker, in The Dark Knight) who died just before his movie came out, and who had received the price for the Best Performance by an Actor In a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.
R.I.P. Heath Ledger
By Luca Dias Venezia
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