THE DARK KNIGHT - MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Goddamn that's an amazing Joker storyline, and is the epitome of his craziness.

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OK THAT's radical! Gooootta gotta find that.

There is a video from the channel "film theory" where they talk about the joker being the actual savior of Gotham in dark knight. And it makes a lot of sense. 🙂👍🏻

Can't believe no one asked what the title was. What's the title of that storyline?

Exactly, he gets a kick out of seeing how people react to each individual story he makes up, which in the film he kind of tailors to suit his audience.

When I first saw this movie, I was a little disappointed when the Joker started describing how he got his scars. Then when he went on to give a different story to Rachel, I went "oooh, they're going that route!" and was really happy that he was just messing with people's heads. To top it off, I loved when he tried it on Batman at the end and Batman just went "I DONT CARE!"

Yeah he's the ultimate troll!

Or they were both true, one for each scar.

This joker is Canon Right ?

And because he's the Joker. He screws with people and can never be trusted.

Joker said killing is like making a choice. So as per that sense, batman effectively killed Rachel by trying to save her

@@glennwelsh9784 I'm convinced that he gave the people on the boat their own detonators, not the one for the other ship like he said, to punish them if they decided to actually activate them.

@@CybrSlydr Exactly. And had it gone off, it would have gone in sections like the hospital explosion. So the people would have a few seconds to see what was happening before they died and know that it was their own doing.

@@glennwelsh9784 He's quite trustworthy in this movie. As far as I can tell, reversing Rachel and Harvey's locations is the only time he lies, and he does it for a reason; to see if he can, in fact, break Batman.

Me too, it's probably how it was most intended to be. Most of us were just amazed at this great take of a realistic Joker.

Me three, I would love to see Addie react to more intense movies, like Dunkirk & Tenet, both directed by Christopher Nolan.

THANK YOU! I was going to make the same comment but you beat me to it. It seems like Two-Face is always presented in one of three ways after the disfigurement; either he's given an entirely new personality, or he's given a split personality (I can see the temptation to go this route but if you aren't very careful it comes across as rather on-the-nose) or you can do what Eckhart & Nolan did which is to keep him the same man but with a psychotic compulsion- I think this is the most interesting approach but also the hardest to pull off. You can see the Harvey Dent in Eckharts Two-Face performance but he's been tragically broken.

@@barkingmonkee Even more importantly, you can see shades of Two-Face even before the disfigurement. Every once in a while, the mask slips. Hence the "Two-Face" nickname he has at the MCU even before the incident. "YOU CAN'T GIVE IN!"

Katie Holmes is terrible actress and Maggie is great Nolan upgraded

@@blake3001 Katie Holmes did a good job in Begins, though. People rag on her performance for no good reason. (That said, I agree Maggie Gyllenhaal is a much better actress.)

@@BareBandSubscription she was stale and felt like she was reading her lines off paper from behind the camera, every scene with her in it batman begins takes me out of the atmosphere

Same with the trailer flipping over. Cgi isn’t good enough for some things I guess.

It was a real explosion enhanced by CG.

Chris Nolan will be making a Oppenheimer movie soon. God help us all....

it was actually a candy factory that they made look like a hospital

@@coling657 One of the latter Die Hard films infamously suffered for this. They did practical car stunts, and audiences COMPLAINED they didn't look as real as the CGI car stunts 🤦‍♂️

She seems too innocent for this...hope she watches it again and again and eases up ...if you rewatch the film I don't even care about the action ...the philosophy exchanges the themes and trick being played on the audience distracting us with batman vs joker scenes where joker is going to win cause his target is harvey the entire film..he does not care about exposing wayne to the world cause that's not his plan despite it being a focus to again fool us into thinking it matters only for joker to change his mind about exposing the truth....he legit does not care or feel its important or matters anymore...he could use it as he's in prison to strike some plea deal but he won't do that...that's what I care about...it's a deep film...it's not simple batman vs joker...

Idk if he believes everyone deep down is corrupt and selfish, I do think he thinks everyone is corruptable though... in the sense that they're just one bad enough day away from (in his mind) realizing there is no such thing as right or wrong or rhyme or reason to life (representing nihilism). That's my take anyways.

@@AtownOriginal Nice try troll get psychiatric treatment

Yes exactly! And since he had the dogs in the end, that mobster got fed to them

And that is why Nolan is one of the best directors of all time. Dude was the only one who believed in Ledger to play the Joker when almost everyone hated it before the movie came out.

LMAO loved it. I always see her catch herself before it happens, but revisiting this reaction i forgot she did that haha. gold

My father took me to watch this in IMAX opening weekend when i was 15. An experience I will never forget.

didn't see it opening, but the first weekend. i remember being blown away that a superhero movie could be like that. it was never done in such a masterful way before. went and saw it again the next day, it was too good.

He was "in character" even off screen.. Truely taking a method acting approach to The Joker.. Joaquin Pheonix did an amazing job in his Joker movie.. I will not take that away from him.. But because of this movie.. There will always be only one Joker.. This Joker.. Heath's portrail of the Joker will go down in history.. Enough said..

"The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood, and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists, and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'THE DARK KNIGHT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE MADE'. And I'll look down and whisper... 'No.'"

@@happyslapsgiving5421 Hahahaha! Well played!

@@happyslapsgiving5421 um what?😂

Spiderman 2 is a better comic book film...dark knight is a crime drama thriller class on philosophy...it's not a comic book film...it's a villian film...

@@razkable roflmao, spiderman 2 cant even beat Batman (1989). xD

Slightly off topic but this is why I also love Superman comics. Superman also deals with human nature. Batman said that Clark (Superman) is an alien yet the most human out of everyone. The main theses of the Superman story is being able to do the right thing even with all the power. Power corrupts? No, power reveals the truth nature. After all, if you had infinite power, answered to no one and no one could stop you, then nothing can prevent you from exposing your truth nature. You have no consequences. All the power in the universe yet Superman is a good man at heart. Batman said Superman is a good man deep down while he is not. Batman doesn’t kill because he’s afraid that if he does then he will never stop killing again. He’ll never return from the abyss. Superman however doesn’t kill because it’s the right thing to do. He can get away with anything and yet he is the gold standard for a good human being. Humble and selfless. Abe Lincoln had an amazing quote “if you want to test a mans true character give him power”. That’s the core of the Superman story. Sorry for the essay lol

@@appledough3843 Absolutely. This is why it irks me when people say Superman is a “boring” character. He’s without a doubt one of the most fascinating characters in all of comics. There’s so much subtext to his story - it’s an immigrant coming-of-age tale (as you said, he’s an alien but in many ways the ultimate example of humanity and actual American values)… …it’s an exploration of nature vs. nurture (if anyone other than Jon and Martha Kent found that boy in the cornfield, he could’ve grown up to be an unstoppable tyrant)… …it’s a tale about theism vs humanism (see: every good Lex Luthor storyline)… …it’s about the unbearable responsibility that being Superman places onto Clark (he can’t be everywhere, there are scenes in the comics where he explains that every life he saves leads to the loss of countless more. If he’s stopping a bank robbery in Metropolis, it means he can’t be on the other side of the world when a tsunami hits and kills thousands. He’s often paralyzed by indecision because so many people need help and even with all the powers in the world, Superman can’t save them all)… I could go on. Superman critics like to say that he’s boring “because he can’t die so there are no stakes.” Without even going into the fact that *NO* superhero can ever really die because they have plot armor and they’re a franchise unto themselves, without even going into the fact that Superman *HAS* died (multiple times) this is still such a dumb argument. The comics (and some of the better movies) use Superman’s invulnerability / potential immortality to put him through very unique internal character struggles. He can’t die, but those around him can and often do, and he has no escape from it. He can’t go with them. On some level he knows it’s his fate to outlive everyone he loves and watch them die while he barely ages at all. But yeah, Superman is “boring.” 🤦‍♂️

@@ghani666 Wow, couldn't have said it better myself. Totally agree. On the surface, Superman faces no obstacles because he can defeat any foe. But when you look deeper, Superman faces obstacles that crush him everyday (as you said he can't save everyone and knowing that he could do something about it eats him alive). It isn't his fault that evil goes on in the world but he places some blame on himself for not being able to stop it all. That is an issue only a man with a heart of gold could have. That is the Superman story. Doing what is right for the sake of goodness itself and shouldering the burden of evil in the world. I love Superman. God bless America. Lol Supes got me in my feelings

@@appledough3843 Lmao Supes always gets me in my feelings. You ever read All-Star Superman? One of his greatest comics imo - there’s a scene that I’m pretty sure is from that story (haven’t read it in a while) where Superman talks this teenager down from jumping off a building and it gets me choked up every time. Why oh why can’t someone just make a decent modern Superman film?? I feel like the world could really use an uplifting, inspiring Superman story right now.

@@ghani666 Ooooh I've seen that one before! Loved it so much! Ikr someone needs to make that one a film!

she's cute and sweet

What’s funny, is that I think there’s a very popular theory (not sure if it’s cannon yet.) that the remote detonator that both boats had for the opposite ship, was actually for their own ships. So in trying to save themselves by blowing up the opposite ship, either ship would’ve ended up blowing themselves up. Personally, I can totally see Joker doing that as some sick joke.

@@Kayoss13212 That’s a very likely theory. As Batman said in this very film, “with the Joker it’s never that simple”. Plus, to watch them kill them selves in an attempt to save themselves would surely give Joker the kicks.

My thoughts exactly. I love that an inmate decided not to push the button. Like you said, it shows the complexities of human nature. Doesn’t matter how “evil” people seem, there’s more to them. The moment we demonize our adversary is the moment we cease to learn.

The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight, Infinity War. All so well done, and subverts expectations in an honest way. 👍

It's a common thought, but I don't think it's accurate. First, because it's a very unreliable way to keep a gun from firing, which is why de-cocking maneuvers involve putting a digit between the hammer and the chamber, to physically prevent contact. Second, because the Joker's hand isn't positioned well for that purpose, being not perpendicular, but off to the side. And third, because the Joker is, as you said, meticulous. He would be quite happy to die here, just as he was ready to allow Batman to run him down, as it would prove his point; people are only as moral as the situation allows them to be. Joker would be dead, but Harvey would be a murderer, and that would be the end of Gotham's hope. Joker doesn't have a plan as such. He doesn't have a concrete final outcome in mind. What he does is place people in moral quandaries, and allow them to make their choice. As far as I can tell, the only time he lies is when he reverses Harvey's and Rachel's locations. His purpose is not entirely clear, but I think it's to force Batman to choose between himself and Gotham, and still lose whichever he holds dearest. The point being to push Batman into breaking his rule, and thus prove the Joker correct. The fact that Batman chooses Rachel over Harvey is interesting, and not really made a lot of. It would seem Bruce Wayne hadn't been entirely subsumed by Batman then.

@@michaelccozens You put a digit between the hammer and primer, as you said, when de-cocking, this is because the hammer is moving toward the primer and you don't want it to discharge. However it's incredibly simple to prevent the hammer from falling when the trigger is pulled, you just hold it back, it doesn't take any special technique or strength, you literally just keep a finger on the hammer

Na man. The dynamic between Batman and Joker is what made this movie. The logical approach of Batman vs the anarchist Joker.

It's a solid genre flick that's elevated by Ledger's performance.

Mark Hamill

Mark Hamil is the best Joker and who gave new life to the character that was more then the typical mob boss / comedy villain in the previous live action movies / 60s show. But thats the animated Joker so it gets overlooked despite being the most influential portrayal of The Joker

There have been so many iterations of the Joker in the comic books that you can say they all are at least pretty good. Even the hated one that Jared Leto played. Ledger plays his with a ton of intensity though and yeah, he's my favorite too.

@@mimoe7587 In different mediums as well: TV, movies, & video games.

dang thanks for that fun fact bout the senator had no idea until now

it's all implied yes but subtle. that's Nolan

Nolan himself debunked this rumor. He said there was a planned added “beat” by the demolition team in between the two sets of explosions where the Joker thinks it failed and then it continues on. It’s a better story that he improvised it but unfortunately not true. Just like the picture of him in costume kickflipping over Bale laying on the ground in costume. He actually just jumped over him but then someone photoshopped a skateboard in. Again, one is definitely more appealing but just not true.

That was debunked by Christopher Nolan.

@@SorgFamily Source?

@@unitedstatesofamerica9948 the director himself

@@ethancoolbro18gamer86 Source meaning What specific interview?

I agree! I never saw Heath as the Joker! I saw Joker looking like Heath, his line deliveries are mostly chilling to the bone!even when he talks among the mobster bosses, he totally stands out!

@@bernhardtsen74 Yeah and when Heath was announced as the Joker most people (including myself) were like "what kinda stupid castng decision is that? He can't play the Joker! pfffft" and then we actually saw the film and then "ok Heath was a frickin' amazing Joker. Fair enough. We were wrong"

Yeah the "oh my goshhhhh" every 5 seconds is way better!!! also love those high pitch squeaks and squeals every 1 or 2 minutes like you forgot to turn off your vibrator before recording the video!!! throw in the cherry on top that she doesn't even offer a final thoughts or even a general idea of what she thought of the movie other than"it was very stressful i can't even say anything about the movie right now" and u truly have the best reactor out there!!!