Tag Archives: the dark knight

Movies That Force Heroes to Make an Impossible Choice

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Great movies force their protagonists to make hard choices that help us understand their true character traits and motivations. Sometimes those choices are extremely difficult, messy, and uncomfortable while others only have the appearance of being like that while they … Continue reading →

Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos | Tagged action movies, avengers, batman forever, comic books, empire strikes back, films, heroes, Marvel cinematic universe, movies, sequels, spiderman, superman, the dark knight, the matrix, videos | Leave a comment

Middle Movies Everyone Agrees Are the Best in Their Trilogies

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Even though it seems like everyone disagrees on just about every imaginable topic, it’s nice to know that there are at least some things we can all agree upon. Take, for example, movie trilogies. There are a number of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, batman, comic books, empire strikes back, evil dead, films, mad max, movie review, movies, movies based on books, sam raimi, sequels, spiderman, star wars, the dark knight, the godfather, x-men | 3 Comments

The Defining Movies of the Last 5 Decades

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

We are on the cusp of beginning a new year and a new decade, and, with this in mind, a friend and I were recently talking about movies that define the last five decades. He’s about 20 years older than … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged avengers, back to the future, batman, comic books, et the extra terrestrial, films, joker, lord of the rings, movies, movies based on books, star wars, the dark knight, the exorcist, the matrix | Leave a comment

Why Is Two-Face So Easy to Manipulate?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Last week we dissected the Two-Face Meets the Riddler scene in Batman Forever, and this week we’re going to revisit that scene and add a little twist. Have you ever noticed that this scene mirrors the one in The Dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged batman, batman forever, comic books, dc comics, films, gotham city, harvey dent, joker, movies, riddler, the dark knight, two-face, villains | Leave a comment

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How I Uncover Cinematic Chiasmus

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I’ve written more than a dozen articles explaining how the story structure of some special films fall into the category of Cinematic Chiasmus. These are films that unfold in a particular way in which the events in their first half … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged aliens, back to the future, batman begins, braveheart, chiasmus, dark knight rises, empire strikes back, films, last starfighter, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, terminator, the dark knight, the sixth sense, wargames | Leave a comment

Pleasant Surprises: Law Abiding Citizen

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I don’t usually describe films as “stunning,” but that’s the best word I can find for 2009’s Law Abiding Citizen. I am stunned by this film, from its opening scene to its finale it’s constantly surprising me and leaving me … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged action movies, crime movies, drama, films, gerard butler, jamie foxx, joker, law abiding citizen, movie review, movies, revenge movie, the dark knight, villains | 2 Comments

The Subtle Symmetry of the Entire Dark Knight Trilogy

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

My readers deserve a better class of article. And I’m gonna give it to ‘em. You will never look at Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy the same. This one is a real doozy. Remember my Cinematic Chiasmus on the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged action movies, batman, batman begins, chiasmus, christopher nolan, comic books, dark knight rises, films, movie review, movies, relationships, science fiction, sequels, the dark knight | 19 Comments

Cinematic Chiasmus: The Dark Knight Trilogy

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This is not a typical Cinematic Chiasmus. I have written an ambitious article detailing how Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises mirror each other quite breathtakingly. The only problem is that the article is so huge that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged action movies, batman, batman begins, chiasmus, christopher nolan, comic books, dark knight rises, films, movie review, movies, sequels, the dark knight, trilogy | 6 Comments

The Duality of The Dark Knight (2008)

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The presence of Two-Face in The Dark Knight is no coincidence. Christopher Nolan stuffed that film full of duality to show how Batman and the Joker are opposite sides of the same coin. Order and chaos, light and darkness – … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, batman, christopher nolan, comic books, films, joker, movie review, movies, sequels, the dark knight, two-face | 12 Comments

The Surprising Parallels of Christopher Nolan and M. Night Shyamalan

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The careers of Christopher Nolan and M. Night Shyamalan are on inverted trajectories. The greater Nolan rises, the lower Shyamalan falls. Their films have a surprising amount in common with each other, in terms of subject matter, but Nolan just … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged batman, batman begins, christopher nolan, comic books, dark knight rises, directors, inception, m night shyamalan, movies, science fiction, sequels, the dark knight, the sixth sense | 10 Comments