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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: ''The Dark Knight'' is rated PG-13, and many think the MPAA was too lenient with the rating. It is definitely ''not'' a children's movie. |
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: ''The Dark Knight'' is rated PG-13, and many think the MPAA was too lenient with the rating. It is definitely ''not'' a children's movie. |
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** Though, to be fair, Nolan went out of his way to avoid sex, visible blood, and swearing, the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|MPAA's]] only real standards for R ratings. Sort of a [[Genre Savvy]] for filmmaking on his part. If the MPAA was really about determining what children should see, their standards would be much different, and Dark Knight would not have been PG-13. For that reason, and that reason ''only'', may it also fall under [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]. |
** Though, to be fair, Nolan went out of his way to avoid sex, visible blood, and swearing, the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|MPAA's]] only real standards for R ratings. Sort of a [[Genre Savvy]] for filmmaking on his part. If the MPAA was really about determining what children should see, their standards would be much different, and Dark Knight would not have been PG-13. For that reason, and that reason ''only'', may it also fall under [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]. |
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** A good deal of younger demographic merchandise was also released including snack foods, [http://radiated5.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lego-tumbler-box.jpg LEGO] |
** A good deal of younger demographic merchandise was also released including snack foods, [http://radiated5.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lego-tumbler-box.jpg LEGO] [http://downloadyellow2097lego.webs.com/lego%20batman%20tumbler%20batmobile%20joker%201.jpg sets], and [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_children%27s_books children's books.] |
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]]: [[Word of God]] denies it, but there's too many allegories for aspects of the war on terror to simply overlook it. Go to the trope's page for a better explaination. |
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]]: [[Word of God]] denies it, but there's too many allegories for aspects of the war on terror to simply overlook it. Go to the trope's page for a better explaination. |
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** The disturbingly realistic style in which exploding buildings and subsequent wreckage were shot can't help but evoke 9/11 somewhat. There's a reason people referred to Joker as a terrorist in the film. |
** The disturbingly realistic style in which exploding buildings and subsequent wreckage were shot can't help but evoke 9/11 somewhat. There's a reason people referred to Joker as a terrorist in the film. |
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