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Why did Batman do so much better in his second fight with Bane?
The first fight is an ambush set up by Bane. He set the time, and the place. He knows things about Batman that Batman did not think he knew - that he is Bruce Wayne for example, off the bat (I would ...
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What is the meaning of this conversation between Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight"?
To put that scene in its proper context, you need to take into account two other scenes in the film.
The first scene is this one from about 33 minutes into the runtime, where Fox explains to Wayne ...
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Why did Batman do so much better in his second fight with Bane?
In his first fight with Bane, 1) Batman subconsciously wants to die, and 2) Bane is more motivated.
Others have noted some of the tactical reasons why Batman lost the first fight and won the second. ...
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Why was Katie Holmes from "Batman Begins" replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes in "The Dark Knight"?
Katie Holmes chose not to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes
According to Nolan, via alloy.com, Katie was "unavailable for the role",
Katie wasn't available for the role, which I wasn't very ...
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What are this character's last words in The Dark Knight?
The sentence starts "Somewhere...", but is cut off. We can speculate as to how that sentence is going to end, but ultimately we just don't know.
The following is an screencap of The Dark Knight's ...
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Was the Tumbler Nolan's creation or did something similar already exist?
From an interview with the production designer Nathan Crowley (here), it's mentioned that the Tumbler was partially inspired by random toys from Toys R Us (bizarre, I know).
Crowley told Collider that:...
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In The Dark Knight, what happened to all the bank robbers?
For the record, the official screenplay identifies the two men on the roof as Dopey and Happy, the three men in the car as Grumpy, Chuckles and Bozo.
You've confused Chuckles (whose gunshot was ...
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Do the events of The Dark Knight Rises prove Joker was right?
No. The situation in Gotham was the result of a conspiracy by Batman and Commissioner Gordon to conceal the truth.
One of the central ideas in The Dark Knight Rises is that the peace and prosperity ...
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In The Dark Knight, how did the Joker get and set up all the oil drums without being found out?
They weren't oil, they were diesel.
Dent’s chair wouldn’t move—stuck on a raised board, probably. Dent shifted all his weight to one side and . . . that was a mistake. He began to topple. It was too ...
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In "The Dark Knight", why did the cops want to evacuate Harvey Dent from the hospital in an empty bus?
I do not believe that they wanted to reserve an empty or mostly empty bus for Dent. I believe they simply wanted to move him from the hospital room (which they thought was a secure location) to a bus ...
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How did Harvey Dent get away with punching a witness?
The very short answer is that the (would-be) gunman was still holding the gun when Dent punched him. Dent grabs the gun and points it toward the floor, but it's not until he hits him that he appears ...
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In "The Dark Knight," how old was Rachel Dawes?
According to the screenplay for Batman Begins, Rachel was 10 years old when Bruce was 8.
BLACK. A low KEENING which becomes SCREECHING that BUILDS and BUILDS until- RED flickers through black as the ...
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In "The Dark Knight", why did the cops want to evacuate Harvey Dent from the hospital in an empty bus?
You missed a line earlier in the film.
Gordon: I want you to call in every officer. I want them to head to their nearest hospital and start evac and search. Call the Transit Authority, School ...
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Did the Joker ever refer to himself as the Joker?
No
A search of the transcript of The Dark Knight reveals 37 mentions of the word "Joker," but all of them are spoken by people other than the Joker himself.
The script indicates that others "call ...
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What are this character's last words in The Dark Knight?
According to the novelization by Dennis O'Neill which was likely based on an earlier script:
“Bruce… Harvey… I love you.”
Of course, that doesn't match with the movie dialogue, where she starts ...
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What are this character's last words in The Dark Knight?
Just rewatched the scene, her (actually spoken) last words are
Harvey, it's okay. Its alright. Listen. [start of unknown word] [BOOOM!].
From both the context of the scene (as she seems to try to ...
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Why did Batman do so much better in his second fight with Bane?
A big influence on the Nolan trilogy is The Dark Knight Returns and this battle looks highly influenced by Batman's fights with the mutant leader.
The mutant leader has similar physical attributes to ...
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What is Bane's ethnicity in The Dark Knight Rises?
According to statements by Tom Hardy, reported by MTV, his version of Bane was intended to be of Romani heritage:
"There's the history of [Bane] being Latino and speaking Spanish and all the stuff ...
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In The Dark Knight, how did the Joker get and set up all the oil drums without being found out?
Presumably he used trucks
On a more serious note… (Why so serious?)
Buying them probably would not have raised any flags drums of oil are not really a controlled substance, stealing them may have ...
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How, precisely, does the Joker dispatch Gambol in The Dark Knight?
The Joker had his knife at the left corner of Gambol's mouth, aiming and pulling the thing side/downwards. There are two things the Joker could have done in order to kill him:
1) Slash his face all ...
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Do the events of The Dark Knight Rises prove Joker was right?
The second the police and Batman are unable to defend Gotham, the people literally stage a cheap French revolution and overthrow what little order the city has... Within a month they've developed a ...
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Do we know what the Joker's third origin story would have been?
After having heard two separate backstories (each of which is notably applicable to the person who he tells the story to); we can assume that the Joker's origin stories are lies; intended to both ...
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Did Selina Kyle know the secret identity of Bruce Wayne before she gave him to Bane?
No, she didn't
The novelization confirms that she had no idea until it was too late (emphasis mine):
"Bane."
The infamous mercenary approached him.
"Let's not stand on ceremony here, ...
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Is there any connection between Ra's al Ghul from Batman and ArrowVerse?
Ra's al Ghul is a popular DC antagonist, like any character in such a franchise he will see different incarnations in different universes.
I think the crux of your question is "Are the Nolan Batman ...
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Does the catchphrase "Why so serious?" come from a previous Batman property?
No. As far as the comics are concerned, there is no mention of the famous catchphrase "Why so serious?"
Although, to be perfectly covering all areas, even though the Joker has never ...
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What kind of bats live in the Batcave in Christopher Nolan's Batman?
American Brown Bats
The vast caverns had once been used to shelter runaway slaves escaping
to the North. Damp limestone walls glistened beneath the subdued
interior lighting that Bruce had ...
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Is the Joker bluffing in these instances?
I really doubt that the Joker didn't plan out the kidnappings of Harvey and Rachel.
Further, add to that the fact he gave the wrong addresses of their whereabouts, interchanging them in fact, when ...
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Why was Bruce Wayne spared by the mugger?
In Batman #673 - Joe Chill in Hell, Chill states that he spared Bruce because he reminded him of his own deceased son.
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Did the Joker ever refer to himself as the Joker?
I believe the closest he gets is referring to jokers (playing cards) as "my card."
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Why was Bane excommunicated from the League of Shadows?
Bane was a constant reminder to Ra's of the hellish torment and death that his wife suffered in the prison. Ra's was also uncomfortable about Bane's love for, and protective nature around, Talia.
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