RARA-AVIS: Re: The Dark Knight

From: caroli1975 (karabair@gmail.com)
Date: 25 Jul 2008

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    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Nathan Cain" <IndieCrime@...> wrote:
    >
    > I was referring to an earlier comment that said the best bits in The
    > Dark Knight were taken from Alan Moore's Batman story The Killing
    > Joke. I wasn't referring to the movies made directly based on Moore's
    > work. And, I'm fairly certain I've read that Moore has declined to
    > take money for at least some of his film adaptations, giving the money
    > to the book's artists instead of pocketing it. He's a bit weird.
    >
    Yup, that's true. Though I have to say that I didn't see much if any resemblance between TDK movie and "The Killing Joke," other than that they both feature the Joker as an antagonist.

    As far as my two cents -- yes, of course superhero comics can be noir, and so can movies based on them.

    -C



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