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Originally Posted by Atreides88
I just saw the movie tonight, and holy crap was it awesome. I think Ledger deserves an Academy Ward for his performance. He played the part perfectly. The idea of the joker is not that he has a hatred for Batman, but that he is the incarnation of pure evil pitted in the immortal struggle against Batman, who is the guardian of justice and morality and good. It is better that he doesn't have a backstory, and that he just exists, for it makes him far more sinister. Plus it's how the comics portray him.
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Ah but that's the conflict eh? Batman is NOT decidedly good, moral or just. I don't think even he knows. That's his inner demon and struggle. Which is why the Harvey Dent addition made the triangle complete. Batman saw Dent as the answer that Gotham needed at the moment and for the future. A true "white night" of sorts (cf. with Dark Knight). That's why the twist of Harvey Dent turning into Two Face is such a tragedy.
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