Twelve Years Later, 'The Dark Knight' Doesn't Have Much to Say

Back in 2008, The Dark Knight took the world by storm. No one had done a sweeping Batman epic like this, one that commented on society’s ills while galloping from set piece to dynamite set piece; throw in a Heath Ledger performance for the ages and you had a film that most people perceived as a Best Picture contender.

But now, in 2020, does it hold up? Or does Christopher Nolan’s comic book movie-slash-crime drama, clearly inspired by Michael Mann’s Heat, fall short? Our very special guest Dr. Chris returns to dissect every inch of the film that cemented Nolan as a blockbuster genius but perhaps overrated his ability to ask and answer the big questions.

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