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Batman Is About Bush's Courage, No Really [Wtf]
Gawker —
... "Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past." [WSJ] ...
George Bush the Dark Knight? Be careful what you wish for.
Thompson on Hollywood —
... Meanwhile, outside Comic-Con, a Wall Street Journal editorial claims that The Dark Knight is actually a clever way of praising the presidency of George W. Bush. One Variety editor says the writer may not know how right he is. ...
The Dark Knight
Metaphilm —
... ‘"The Dark Knight,” then, is a conservative movie about the war on terror. And like another such film, last year’s “300,” “The Dark Knight” is making a fortune depicting the values and necessities that the Bush administration cannot seem to articulate for beans.’ Mystery novelist Andrew Klavan, “What Bush and Batman Have in Common,” The Wall Street Journal. ...
Aquaman is a Pescepublican
johnaugust.com —
... Efforts to place TDK’s Batman on a real-world political spectrum are doomed. Sure, he’s tough on crime, but he’s also anti-gun. He holds himself outside the law, but destroys his own phone-tapping technology. Is he a Conservative? A ...
It’s Easy to ‘See Films Differently’
Film Junk —
[image] Listeners of the Film Junk podcast may recall a conversation we had a few episodes ago concerning the parallels that have been made between Chris Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Batman and George W. Bush . Personally, I thought the whole thing was absolutely ridiculous. Too topical, too sensational and too controversial. This brought up a discussion about reading into films. First off, in no way would I ever claim that filmmakers do not intend to inject messages and metaphors into their films. I think Cloverfield’s 9/11 imagery is fairly obvious and clearly intentional. HOWEVER, ...
