Aug 252008
I have seen the movie “The Dark Knight” and I thought it was awesome! It was a great movie. It was even better that I saw it on an IMAX screen! Aside from being a great movie, I have been thinking about what SO CONNECTED with our culture to make it one of the biggest blockbusters in a long time and in history. What is it about “The Dark Knight” that caused so many people to see and many to see it multiple times? Here is Part 1 of 2 parts that offer some of my thoughts to these questions:
- People are fascinated with “Life after Death”. You might ask, “What does this movie have to do with life after death?” With Heath Ledger’sdeath months before the movie came out, I believe that people became fascinated with the phenomena of Ledger’s “resurrection” so to speak. In a surreal way, his life continued in and through the “Joker” character in “The Dark Knight”. The excellence with which he played his role contributed to the sensationalism.
- Hero worship is significant in our post-modern culture. People are fascinated with heroes and specifically with Super Heroes. People love getting caught up in fantasy. Do a google search on comic books and comic book culture. People are fanatics about Super Heroes and fantasy. People love following dynamic people and dynamic leaders.
Part 2 coming in the next day or two……
