Posted by Charles in The Dark Knight | 3 comments
No Two-Face in ‘Dark Knight’ Sequel
While many people went to see “The Dark Knight,” only a few know exactly what happened at the end of the movie. If you have not seen “Knight” yet, do not keep reading.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
At the end of the film, Harvey Dent/Two-Face apparently fell to his death during a standoff with Batman and Jim Gordon in a warehouse. Some have suggested that Dent is not dead due to rumors that he will appear in the third Batman movie and the fact that there was no blood. Also, no coffin was seen at the Dent memorial. So could Two-Face be locked away in a hospital or a mental institution?
“The Dark Knight” producer Emma Thomas touched on the topic when IGN brought it up. Unfortunately, her reply was not very helpful, stating that fans could interpret it either way they’d like.
But what were the filmmaker going for? In the movie novelization, author Dennis O’Neil wrote, “Dent was sprawled, neck twisted, the mutilated side of his face exposed, his left eye open and staring sightlessly. He was obviously dead.”
And the script by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan — included in “The Dark Knight: Featuring Production Art and Full Shooting Script” — states, “Dent lies at the bottom of the hole, his neck broken. DEAD.”
So there is your answer. Two-Face will not be returning for part 3.
If you look at the body when Batman walks away from it he is obviously breathing. You think they could have took care of that for the sake of the movie but I guess not.
I only saw the movie once, but it never even occurred to me that Harvey might still be alive. It felt very clear that he was dead… but maybe I wasn’t reading very deeply into things… perhaps my brain was still reacting to Christian Bale’s ridiculous Batman voice. Anyway, I think putting Two-Face in another Batman installment would be a mistake. I feel like they have sufficiently blown the Two-Face wad so to speak. If they had left him out of this last one and introduced him in his own installment, maybe that would have worked, but as it stands adding him to the next one would just ensure that the film falls victim to the frequent flaw of superhero films: too many villains.
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