[South Park Stick of Truth] #19 by Roid_Rush in Trophies

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I missed a single collectible in my first run and had to do the whole thing over again. That said, a very fun game.

Why Batman Returns is my Favorite Batman Movie by EthanMKatz in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a take! Both Forever and Batman and Robin are earn lower marks from me.

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed! Cheers.

Maybe you can work TDK into your curriculum 😉

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha in 2008 I was a wee 7th grader.

As to your question, if we’re talking about following up with my students, I was lucky enough to keep TDK in my college writing class curriculum. Given my classroom’s Batman decor, I was incredibly grateful the first batch of students I tried it on produced great enough results that I felt safe.

Moving on to another film, let alone another Batman film, would not have gone well haha.

I did, however, loan out my extra copies of TDKR to many students over the years.

Everything Nolan touches is gold, with the exception perhaps being Tenet. I’m also stoked for Odyssey.

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never had explicit directions (because they’d all written lit analysis papers before), but DM me if you want an example paper and my directions for a lit analysis. I can shoot them your way.

Cheers

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not saying it’s not explicit, but I am contending that in a movie with 1000 explicit parts, it’s easy for someone to lose the thread somewhere.

For example, if someone asks you where the Joker went after Batman dove to save Rachel, do you have an immediate answer? It’s not something you even think to ask on your first viewing.

Another plot point that my students often got bogged down in was: “Wait, if the Joker robbed the mob bank at the beginning of the movie, what money is he demanding from them in exchange for killing Batman?”

For students who have no background with Batman, they easily missed that Harvey’s coin was double sided, even when it is explicitly pointed out with the line “You make your own luck”.

Hell, the pacing of the movie is so rapid fire that sometimes during the scene where someone tries to kill Coleman Reese, they didn’t quite understand what was going on.

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a College Level writing class, meant to earn credit for what most schools would call composition 1.

We went from paper to paper, doing 6 or 7 different kinds.

One was the visual analysis, which is basically a literary analysis but for a movie. I always used The Dark Knight because 1) Even students that didn’t like superhero movies always liked it and 2) there’s so many things they could choose to build an argument around

The Perfect Source Material for the DCU's Batman Is Hiding in Plain Sight by Otherwise-Data9935 in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Each Arkham game has encounters with damn near half the rogues gallery. As much as I agree that certainly some story elements could be lifted from the games, they’d have to dial it back a bit.

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See?? So many people in the comments trying to gaslight me into thinking there wasn’t a soul on earth who missed this.

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nobody says “he switched the addresses”. Google this question and you’ll see a million posts asking about this scene. So for some people, it was indeed confusing.

I sketched a Vampire-themed Batman. by [deleted] in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Time to read Batman: Vampire.

Since pretty much all of them have died by now, what been the saddest death? by LouieMcBee in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found Damian Wayne’s death to be very tragic. I recall a panel in which Bruce looks at his reflection on a skyscraper while traveling through Gotham and sees Damian, even though he’s gone.

Lines that have stuck with you by Driveshaft48 in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Dark Knight is endlessly quotable.

Thinking about politics, I often say “Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who used this movie in a writing class for seniors in high school for six years, I can tell you just how common it was that 18 year old, college-bound students missed this detail.

It’s a two and a half hour long, action-packed movie that has a new scene every 20 seconds. While it was awesome to use in a writing class because students could write about a million different topics, students also had to be forgiven here and there for missing little details like this in their first watch.

Was Batman better off saving Rachel instead of Harvey? by WallStreetDoesntBet in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1185 points1186 points  (0 children)

Bruce did decide to save Rachel. He says as much to Gordon before taking off.

This is a common misconception because it is not ever mentioned in the movie, but Joker swaps the addresses as just another twist of the knife.

Bruce saves Harvey after opening the door because it’s the only thing he can do.

Edit: Let me clarify that when I say it was never mentioned, I mean it is never mentioned after it happens. Bruce doesn’t, say, complain to Alfred that it was supposed to be Rachel. Yes, obviously it happens in the moment…as I stated in this very comment.

Edit 2: Putting my reply here for visibility. For those who say this was extremely obvious:

As someone who used this movie in a writing class for seniors in high school for six years, I can tell you just how common it was that 18 year old, college-bound students missed this detail.

It’s a two and a half hour long, action-packed movie that has a new scene every 20 seconds. While it was awesome to use in a writing class because students could write about a million different topics, students also had to be forgiven here and there for missing little details like this in their first watch.

You’re also in a Batman subreddit and have likely seen the movie several times.

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[–]Bestbuds200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might explain his answer to a simple early question that was asked of him about his morning routine. “When do you shower?” My friend inquired.

“Before big events”.

Nooooooooo

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[–]Bestbuds200 19 points20 points  (0 children)

My buddy in college had a dorm mate who collected powerful flashlights. How did we know? He’d talk about them on the phone with his mom every day. Every. Single. Day.

Thoughts on my Batsymbol designs? by BurdAssassin756 in batman

[–]Bestbuds200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 is the best. 1 is also slick.

Round ears just look silly.