蝠蝠俠不是黑暗之神,是黑武士,這是相對白武士而得的名字。片中的的白武士是Harvey Dent,一個變成Two Face的檢察官,也是搶去Bruce Wayne女友的人。
片中要傳達的訊息很多,總括來說,有:
超人主義
世人皆是庸才,白道要蝙蝠俠打救;黑道要小丑打救,黑道又勝白道,市民根本不能保護自己,警察也自身難保。怪胎(freak)才是天才,小丑是怪胎,蝙蝠俠也是。其他人都是愚昧的,有計劃者都是被天才利用的。
人性本惡
小丑所做一切,只是誘發人性的暗黑面。開始時,對兩個黑幫小混混說,跟他的位置只有一個,然後給了他們每人半截斷了的桌球棒,這跟最後一幕船的抉擇一脉相承。(Now, our operation is small but there is a lot of potential for 'aggressive' expansion. So which one of you fine gentlemen would like to join our team? Oh, there's only one spot open right now so we're gonna have...)雙面人的墮落也是小丑誘發的,越清高的人,越容易墮落。(I took Gotham's white knight, and brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. Y'see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little...push.)這也緊扣了由上集開始發展的falling主題。小丑也在不斷誘惑蝙蝠俠殺他,使蝙蝠俠也墮落。
恐懼+暴力
蝙蝠俠和小丑用來對付對方的手法,都是利用暴力和恐懼。蝙蝠俠用暴力使黑幫恐懼;小丑利用暴力使市民恐懼。所用的手法是相同的。差別只在蝙蝠俠不殺人,但小丑也很少殺平民,只是利用人性的弱點挑動自相殘殺。
小丑是墮落了的蝙蝠俠
小丑和蝙蝠俠是同一類人,一個以拯救世界為己任;一個以破壞世界為己任(You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.)。兩者都不為名、不為利。如果蝙蝠俠墮落了,會成為小丑,反之,小丑改邪歸正,會成為救世者。
本片可談的地方很多,明天再續。有興趣重溫對白的,可看這裡。
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