Thoughts? Was the Joker right? Are people all hypocrites, motivated purely by self interest?
>>71718025
We all have base, animal urges lying just underneath the coat of civility we wear every day. Yet, there are still great examples of self-sacrifice in the world today, and I don't think that just because people all have to wrestle with their base urges, that makes them somehow hypocritical.
I think TDK left the answer to the question open.
If you think about it, the Joker was indeed right. Sure, in the end the boats didn't blow each other up, but on both of them the majority of people were willing to turn on each other and blow up the other boat to survive. In the end only individual occurences of cowardice and bravery on different boats stood in the way of Joker's plan. So yeah, he was definitely right about the majority of people.
>>71718025
So fucking true.
>>71718025
More likely only one boat would have blown up.
in real life an official or cop on the ferry would take the detonator and put it someplace secure
The last Nolan film absolutely proves the Joker right, at least in that universe. As soon as "Bane" takes over the city and hands it over to the people, you can see that the ones ripping the rich and powerful from their homes and such are not prisoners and general ne'er-do-wells, but regular people. It's like Joker said, when the chips are down, these civilized people will eat each other. And they did.
>>71719819
>>71718324
Humans didn't live in packs before we became agricultural societies. People are pretty good at getting along in groups.
Childhood is when you idolize CIA.
Adulthood is when you realize that Bane makes more sense.
Childhood is when you idolize Batman.
Adulthood is when you stop watching comic book movies.
Childhood is when you try to pull off the mask.
Adulthood is when you are the big guy.
Childhood is when you are happy Gryffindor won the cup
Adulthood is when you realise that Slytherin should have won because of their job well done
CIAhood is when you file flight plans with the agency
Banehood is when you crash flight plans with your master plan
