Later on, he learns that Lorna is still alive but still not responsive. Meanwhile, the Joker then begins his reign of terror. Just as Leeny (the blonde bartender from earlier) discovers that some unknown benefactor has paid her entire medical school tuition, people on the street notice a giant blimp heading towards Gotham's twin towers. Police try to communicate with it, but the blimp (bearing a gigantic smiley face on the front) bursts into flames and explodes with many shards of glass falling towards the citizens of Gotham, killing many. The Joker looks on proudly, in his demented eyes he sees them falling dead with big smiles on their faces.
Why So Serious?? “I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you a stranger”. Before looting the entire bank and wiping out his accomplices, those were the last words spoken by The Joker. The most discernible reason behind the resounding success of The Dark Knight which seem to have blockbust its way into the Box Office as one of the most popular film after Titanic, is the character of The Joker portrayed by the Late Heath Ledger. Over the years, Batman's greatest nemesis has undergone a multitude of changes.
He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls leading them to six NBA Championships, five-time league MVP, ten-time league scoring champion and the number one per-game scorer in NBA history. Michael earned millions of dollars by playing basketball and for endorsing products like his Nike Air Jordan sneakers. The most interesting fact about Michael Jordan is that he failed to make his high school basketball team but went on to be the most famous basketball player in history. After he retired from basketball he tried to play baseball in the minor leagues. It was very tough for Michael since he was not that good.
With an $11 million budget (estimated), the movie was very successful because it became to gross over $53 million in the U.S. (www.imdb.com). Describe some of the various criminal justice roles played by the actors. In the leading role of the film, Joe Pesci plays the actor role of a criminal defense lawyer (Vinny Gambini) that is inexperience in criminal cases. Throughout the film in the court hearing and opening statement, Vinny fall asleep, wears improper suits to the court, and has no clue on how to present himself as a professional attorney. Bill and
On the other hand, Batman was born to very wealthy parents in the fictional city called Gotham. After witnessing the death of his parents by a criminal, he swore to get revenge by taking down all other criminals in Gotham City. From a young age, these two were setup to somehow seek revenge for their parents’ death through their alter egos as superheroes. Another similarity is the fact that they have alter egos to appear as normal, everyday citizens. Superman is also known as a daily reporter for the Daily Planet under the alias Clark Kent.
The OJ Simpson Trial Rhonda Edmundson Buena Vista On June 12, 1994 OJ Simpson, the famous football player, actor and hero to some, on that very day his life took a drastic turn for the worse. The hero that we all knew was being accused of a very serious crime, a double homicide. According to Crime Library, “It became the most publicized case in US history. It was the longest trial ever held in California, costing over $20 million to fight and defend.” Nine months long, no eyewitnesses, no murder weapon, the prosecution was confident that they would convict based on DNA evidence. Most believed that OJ did commit these horrendous crimes but in the end OJ Simpson was acquitted of the double homicide.
Crime has been on the rise in Belize for the past several years, Belize remains a crime ridden country due to the extremely high murder rate per capita. Belize is officially the sixth most dangerous country in the world with an average of just over 39 homicides per 100,000 residents which were reported to the UN agency by the Organization of American States (OAS). Belize has the second highest murder rate in the Caribbean, the third in Central America, and the fifth in the Americas. Belize set a new national record for murders in 2009 and 2010. Gang violence, still largely confined to Belize City, is a significant contributor to the high murder rate.
Throughout the film, deceitfully dangerous terrorist Bane initiates the attack of The Stock Exchange which serves as Bruce’s call to adventure and drives him to the crossing of the first threshold as the police pursues him instead of Bane’s men, hoping to catch and hold him responsible for Harvey Dent’s death and he fails to stop the transfer of the money that is carried out using his fingerprints leaving him bankrupted. This in turn leads the protagonist to ventures into the dark criminal underworld. The hero of The Dark Knight Rises is not Batman; it is a flesh and blood human being who goes beyond himself, ventures from the normal flawed world, into a completely different world to save his city. It is clear that the movie has artfully portrayed the image of a modern superhero followed with Joseph Campbell heroic
Firstly, there are so many, eight to be exact, Batman movies. Starting with the 1966 “Batman” and ending with the most recent blockbuster “The Dark Knight Rises.” Another great reason to study Batman is the fact that he goes against a great montage of villains. An interesting trend in each Batman movie that was an almost bonus factor is that in each film, Batman faces at least two or more villains. In the first ever movie, “Batman,” Batman must face off against not one, not two, not three, but four supervillains who all want him dead. This trend continues through each movie with Batman facing generally two major villains and maybe a third minor villain.
Batman’s saga begins with a smoking gun and a promise. Up until that fateful night, he was merely the young son of a wealthy family in the crime-ridden Gotham City. He was on his way home from a night at the cinema when mugger violently killed his parents. Young Bruce Wayne, orphan, channeled all the pain and hate he felt on that night into a promise to himself that was as simple as it was naive: to end crime in Gotham. As he sat alone in the rainy alleyway by the corpses of his parents and listened to wail of GCPD police sirens, he took the first steps of his journey of self-actualization that would last him his entire life.