According to the
WashingtonExaminer Democratic adviser Christopher Lehane says the following.
"It has been observed that movies can reflect the national mood. Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society. As earlier reported Rush Limbaugh picked up the news of this idiotic comparison which you can listen to his answer to this unfounded idea
here. It seems amazing that a film usually thought to be in a conservative mindset that some are comparing it to a liberal mindset now. There has been several comparisons to OWS movement and other supposed conspiracy theories but for the most part Nolan's Bat trilogy has always been compared as pro-conservative. Even Chuck Dixon made the following statement.
Ridiculous. Tho' I got a cold feeling in the pit of my stomach that Rush (Limbaugh) may pick up on this. And that would be the second time he pegged me and Graham as liberals on his show. On Tuesday afternoon he also added this
image.
The Dark Knight Rises is the latest and final sequel to the Nolan directed Batman series, its predecessors being
Batman Begins and the
The Dark Knight. The character first appearing in Detective Comics #27, Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and has subsequently appeared in many comics, books, television, and movies. The current premise for the feature film
The Dark Knight Rises is: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect Dent's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years after the events of
The Dark Knight, Batman returns to Gotham, where he encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, and must confront the latter's plans to destroy the city. With an all star cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard,
The Dark Knight Rises opens in theaters July 20th!
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