28/7/08





The Dark Knight (and a bit of grey)................(spoilers alert!).





After about 6 restless days of waiting, i finally got to see this much-anticipated sequel of Batman Begins - The Dark Knight. and boy did it rock!!!! As we all know, this sequel is darker than its predecessor and is quite thought-provoking.



Of late, i've grown rather fond of movies that falls within the grey area of things, like The Mist, which i have written about in an earlier post. and it is for that same reason that i really enjoyed the whole 2 1/2 hours of TDK. Face told me that the movie lingered in his mind for a while after he saw it, and i can see how it would.



I had completed watching back-to-back episodes of Grey's Anatomy season 4 a few weeks back and i had this thought - "it is not black and white". And i find it to be true. Many things in life are not black and white. They're more grey. Like what Bailey said to George, about how good people, under certain circumstances, do bad things.........it doesn't automatically make them bad...........they just make bad decisions....decisions that they would regret for the rest of their life....and they have to come to terms with it....so they can move on.......move on to make better decisions. Confusing eh? That's because it's not black and white.



This is where TDK is most memorable for me. It's a realistic take on life and the choices we have to make and live with after:



- Is it more honorable to sacrifice your life, if it means saving the one you love?

- Do you save the person you love and not the person who needed saving the most?

- Is it fairplay to decidedly cause death onto criminals than onto 'innocent bystanders"?

- Is it worth to abandon your integrity, if it's in the interest of saving people's lives?

- Is revenge a worthy cause? will it right your wrong?



The line between good and bad is thin. There's too many variables and circumstances that affect the thickening or thinning of the line. When humans feel their very lives are threatened, they'd switched from being innocent and just to being a judge sooner than they think. I mean why should i die? why shouldn't you? right? or is that wrong? god.........i don't know what i'd do..........



What would YOU do?