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The Legacy of Batman

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Batman is a story of loss, struggle, success and finally responsibility. No other stories have depicted a more moral and forgiving guy than Batman. With the best villain ever created by Hollywood, the Joker, Batman has raised a very important question of morality. The struggle between The Batman and The Joker to prove oneself right is fantastically presented.     Batman believes profoundly that there is some humane part even in the worst of the criminals and psychopaths. While the Joker is in a firm ground that under certain circumstances even the most noble guy will be immoral. The battle between protagonist and antagonist is purely for their beliefs. The Joker represents the inner devil every person has inside them. The uncontrollable, sadistic, tired figure is the very Joker we see in the film. He is so firm in his belief that he is even ready to give up his life on it. He proves that he is right by converting an all caring heroic Mayor of the city into a disastrously...

Review: The Prestige

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Released:2006 Budget: 40M Box Office: 110M Counted among one of the best film ever, The prestige is that kind of movie you will want to re-watch. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the movie notably stars Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johnson, Michael Caine. In a Water Tank trick, Borden(Bale) ties hands of Julia under her consent with a riskier slip knot which goes terribly wrong leading to the death of Julia, the dying member also being lover of another crew member Angier(Hugh). The rivalry between Borden and Angier begins here. The film depicts Borden to be in working class and Angier being a high class.  Borden's startup is a solo magic career and hires a silent, mysterious Fallon as an ingeniur; who is later revealed to be his twin giving a different appearance in the public. At his first show, Angier incapacitates the bullet catch trick, as a consequence of which Borden looses two fingers. As a result, the twin brother also has to cut the same two fi...