#ThinkpieceThursday – Characters Have To Come First

Blockbusters need to set up Characters, instead of Sequels! #ThinkpieceThursday

#TypesTuesday – The Dark Knight Rises

#TypesTuesday – Nolan’s Batman trilogy is remarkably consistent in its emotional and psychological characterizations.

The Dark Knight & The Power of Truth

In a Power of Truth film things are never what they seem. None of the major characters in The Dark Knight are what they seem at first glance. The tangled undergrowth of human duplicity catches and pulls at every character in the film.

The Dark Knight – Alfred & The Power of Love

A character driven by the Power of Love is often someone who tirelessly pushes another forward in a story. These characters— often soft-spoken, gentle and compliant on the outside— are made of strong, even steely, stuff on the inside. They believe the best place to be is the “power behind the throne.” All these qualities are very evident with Alfred.

The Dark Knight – Two Face & the Power of Conscience

Harvey Dent’s moral condemnation of crime fuels him to clean up Gotham and make it safe for ordinary citizens. He is a vigilant prosecutor of evil. After he is burned and Rachel dies, Dent moves toward his Dark Side and becomes Two Face, a twisted vigilante and self-appointed judge, jury and executioner.