Doesn't the movie actually encourage mass shooting?
I noticed a surge of mass shootings recently. Not sure whether it is related.
shareI don't think the movie has anything to do with it and there is no actual connection between the two. There has been almost a monthly shooting or a shooting every two weeks or so for the last 5-10 years. Could maybe bump that up to 15 years. For anyone possibly reading this in the future, I'm pretty much talking about from the late 2000's/early 2010's to this comment's present day in 2022.
shareThere has been 3 already this month, that is higher than usual.
The Riddler's speech in the encrypted video after his incarceration, basically calling people to shoot flood survivors because of the corrupted establishment wronged them. That is not so different from the situation in US today, especially after movements such as "occupy Wall street" and "occupy capitol hill" made no difference, and have been demeaned by politicians, even Obama. Also the Gotham city looked suspiciously like New York.
No, the movie does not encourage mass shootings. If you watch the movie and take away that the message to solving problems is violence, then you missed the entire point of the film and probably have serious issues if you look towards fictional films as reality.
The movie itself (while it is a very captivating and entertaining) does not even explain the Riddler's plan fully. He wanted to make the guilty and corrupt elite pay, so he floods Gotham to get the citizen's in a large dome and has his followers just start mowing down random innocent people.
The moral of the story, at least from what I have seen, is that The Riddler was not painted as a bad guy, merely an angry and frustrated one. People agreed with his actions, the cat woman agreed with his actions.
That the corrupted elites need to be punished.
Just like "Joker", the movie highly praised few years ago, they were portrayed as victims, fighting back in their desperation. And I bet there are people who relate to that, and I think that was why "Joker" was so highly rated.
If you are not getting that then you are the one who is quite clueless.
You completely missed the point. The Riddler tried to kill multiple innocent people at the end of the movie. He killed corrupt people (not murderers or rapists, just dirty cops and politicians). He was a serial killer and terrorist, but yeah, I guess you (and maybe a few other individuals who have a twisted sense of justice thought he was misunderstood).
The Joker was not praised, only because they portrayed the title character as victim; it was seen as a new and inventive approach to the character (even then, at the conclusion of the film the audience is left wondering if any of it was true). The movie was praised for its acting, atmosphere, writing, urban decay around the city, hawking back to Taxi Driver and in many instances of blurring reality from hallucinations: The King of Comedy.
I disagree. I believe the key to this movie is the riddler.
But I agree it did not go all the way like "Joker" did. It did an U-turn in the end, made the riddler a terrorist and the bad guy. I think that is going to be the key reason why it is not going to be rated as highly as "Joker".
Riddler tried to kill a politician and her passée. No innocent people were there. Though many would have died from the flood itself.
shareBatman agreed with his actions (except the flooding.)
share>that is higher than usual.
Thats the problem, its not.