I barely knew he was there...I just ignored him
I didn't like the direction they went with Rachel in this film, but since she was going to be offed anyway, it made sense. She may not have been "beautiful", but she was effectively flirtatious.
Yes, that abruptness was a clue. It was used a couple of times in the movie.
He did?
Keep in mind that it's PG13 so we have to draw our own conclusions. I thought he passed out from either the fear or the act itself of being cut. As for the pool stick, he mentioned that he had room for one more in his crew, so he let those two guys fight it out to see who would join him...otherwise they'd both be killed.
Batman's whole motive is to get people to care about saving their city. Nobody gave a shit and allowed crime to take place before he came along. But he can't do it alone, so Harvey was the one who was supposed to take the torch. If the public were to find out about Harvey they would lose hope again. Batman is only a figure. Bruce Wayne has his own identity, so what people think of Batman doesn't really matter to him. If Batman needs to be the bad guy, then he's willing to make the sacrifice, especially since the people were already turning on him.
voice disguise. sometimes you just get into character that much.
It's G-13 classified but just trust me, that shit works.
I thought the joker was in the movie quite a bit. What other bad guy had as much screen time as him? Plus it's not just about him but what he can do/have done without doing it himself. The "why so serious" part was the most enjoyable for me. I was excited to see a crazed joker instead of a "trickster" type. I feel that this is the Joker that the writers in the 40's tried to capture, but they nor did mental health professionals truly understood this brand of sadistic, sociopathic psychosis. Leave the game playing to the Riddler and let the Joker be this more complex badass as the compliment to batman that he's always meant to be.
