The film The Dark Knight is definitely a loose adaptation of the source material of The killing Joke and The Long Halloween. The Adaptation Focuses more on themes of the books than the elements of the book.The theme of The Killing Joke Focuses on the jokers mental instability and Batman's plea to stop him. The Dark Knight glances over this and shows Jokers instability but doesn't go into detail with Jokers origin. The Long Halloween lends itself to the film by having systematic killing but the adaptation stops there. Joker is the threat not the unknown "Holiday" killer. Also the Killing of the film takes place over a weekend not a year. Its hard to even see how the Film is adapted from the books. I would say the film is more inspired from the moods and themes of the books, but it really has nothing directly adapted. the film truly is more of a commentary due to the fact that almost every element of the film is original, yet it does not create a violation of the source material as the characters and themes stay true to Batman mythology.
My syllabus to this film would be:
How Dark must the Knight be to do whats right? Because this film centers on the breaking point that Batman must meet in order to defeat Joker, just far will the heroes and villains go? The film constantly pushes the cast of the film (Harvey Dent, Commissioner Gordon, Bruce Wayne) into positions that are beyond the zones of their norm, How is it The one can be broken and still remain whole?
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