There are some characters in movies with whom you can identify with if you think like them.
I have been thinking about nihilism so much in the past few days having nothing better to do sitting at home, that there was complete chaos in my mind yesterday. So I decided to watch Dark Knight again today becoz I had read somewhere on the net that Joker could be called a nihilist.
And I could fking relate with the Joker!! I understood why he was laughing when batman was beating the crap outta him in jail. I understood him when he gave a gun to Harvey in the hospital and took a chance. I could identify with him when he was utterly shocked at why the people in the boats didn't blow off each other. I also could identify with him when he hysterically jumped on his own clown fallen on the ground after being electrocuted while removing batman's mask.
Being able to identify with the Joker may be a terrible thing! But, I also understood why the people on the boats didn't blow each other even though according to Game Theory, they should have. More importantly I understood why Batman anticipated before time that they would not blow each other off. That speaks of the inherent "good" within people or conscience.
Being able to understand both, the unstoppable force and the immovable object, the two extremities, is, I feel, an achievement! But the greatest achievement is by the one who not just understood them, but created them... Christopher Nolan!
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Can you identify with the Joker?
I have been thinking about nihilism so much in the past few days having nothing better to do sitting at home, that there was complete chaos in my mind yesterday. So I decided to watch Dark Knight again today becoz I had read somewhere on the net that Joker could be called a nihilist.
And I could fking relate with the Joker!! I understood why he was laughing when batman was beating the crap outta him in jail. I understood him when he gave a gun to Harvey in the hospital and took a chance. I could identify with him when he was utterly shocked at why the people in the boats didn't blow off each other. I also could identify with him when he hysterically jumped on his own clown fallen on the ground after being electrocuted while removing batman's mask.
Being able to identify with the Joker may be a terrible thing! But, I also understood why the people on the boats didn't blow each other even though according to Game Theory, they should have. More importantly I understood why Batman anticipated before time that they would not blow each other off. That speaks of the inherent "good" within people or conscience.
Being able to understand both, the unstoppable force and the immovable object, the two extremities, is, I feel, an achievement! But the greatest achievement is by the one who not just understood them, but created them... Christopher Nolan!
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Can you identify with the Joker?
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