电影评测-1:诺兰蝙蝠侠三部曲

It wasn’t hard.
See, madness, as you know, is like gravity.
All it takes is a little push.
—Joker

过年前一时兴起, 一天之内看完了诺兰的蝙蝠侠三部曲. 也就是:

  • 蝙蝠侠:侠影之谜
  • 蝙蝠侠:黑暗骑士
  • 蝙蝠侠:黑暗骑士 崛起

其中最有看头的就是第二部, 黑暗骑士。它通过丹特,蝙蝠侠和小丑三个人的对比巧妙地展现了蝙蝠侠为什么是蝙蝠侠。

Batman

侠影之谜讲述了蝙蝠侠的起源,从幼年的蝙蝠恐惧到小巷悲剧。最后受尽历练,回到哥谭市,想要拯救哥谭市。

蝙蝠侠心中是有光明的,化解恐惧的方法是成为恐惧,而对罪犯的恐惧和愤怒也许能让 Bruce 成为打击罪犯的超级英雄,但不会让Bruce成为蝙蝠侠。

蝙蝠侠会打击罪犯,但是审判是交给哥谭市法律和人民的。

在影武者联盟中,Bruce Wayne被要求杀死一个杀人犯:

  • Bruce: No. I’m not an executioner.
  • Henry: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.
  • Bruce: That’s why it’s so important. It separates us from them.
  • Henry: You want to fight criminals. This man is a murderer.
  • Bruce: This man should be tried.
  • Henry: By whom? Corrupt bureaucrats?…

Joker-I

All you care about is money, this town deserves a better class of criminal.

谈蝙蝠侠不可能离开小丑。正如蝙蝠侠打击罪犯不只是为了报父母之仇,小丑制造混乱也不是想要钱权。

小丑需要的只是混乱,不只是对现有社会规则的混乱,更要破坏每个人的”荣誉”和”尊严”。

如果一个富翁认为,有钱能使鬼推磨。那么只需要用金钱“轻轻推一下”,这些人就会受其摆布。

而小丑认为,人性是丑恶的,一成不变的。正义是虚伪的,只需要“轻轻推一下”,所有人都会放弃所谓的正义,变得自私和丑恶。

就像黑暗骑士一开头的银行抢劫案,杀掉开锁的,杀掉开车的,每杀一个人,分的钱就多一笔。对罪犯来说,只需要用金钱推一下,他们就会自相残杀。

仍然是电影开头的一段对话,在小丑杀掉司机,拿最后一袋钱时:

  • 经理:You think you are smart, huh?
  • The guy that hire youse, he’ll just do the same to you.
  • Oh, criminals in this towns used to believe in things.
  • Honor respect. Look at you.
  • What do you believe in, huh?
  • What do you believe in?
  • Joker: I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you…stranger.

对Joker来说,罪犯们信奉的荣誉啊,尊严啊,又算得了什么。只要“轻轻一推”,人们就会失去这些。

正因为如此,他选择冲进黑帮老大的集会,因为他知道他们害怕蝙蝠侠,只需要轻轻一推。

纵观整部黑暗骑士,就是Joker抛出的一个又一个选择题,是选择牺牲的正义,还是被推入深渊。

一个黑帮头子讨厌Joker而发出追杀令,结果被Joker设计所杀,面对黑帮头子的亲信,Joker只需要用棍子和一句“你们之间只有一个人能活命”就将他们推入深渊。

也许成为黑社会就意味着灵活的道德准则,背叛和亵渎就是其生活的常态。那么阳光下的正人君子呢?

Joker要杀三个人,审判黑帮老大的女法官,象征哥谭市光明未来的Harvey Dent和哥谭市警察局长。

炸死女法官的炸弹可能是黑帮所设置,但给藏在局长办公室桌子中的酒投毒,则更可能是内部人员所为。原因是什么呢?可能又是Joker的死亡威胁。

是警察局长所代表的正义力量,还是家人的生命。你会想到牺牲家人来支持局长尽快抓捕Joker。但牺牲不一定能回报。这位小警察会怎样选呢?

Harvey Dent就不那么好杀了,作为哥谭市光明未来的代表,Joker想得到更多。

光明骑士:哈维·丹特

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Dent是哥谭市的检察官,通过合法途径将一大批罪犯抓进了监狱。他相信正义,希望将哥谭市的罪犯一举清除。

Dent是幸运的,因为Rachel的原因,Bruce也关注着他。哥谭市需要一个能露出脸的英雄,这导致小丑很难杀掉Dent。

但哥谭市的其他人就没有那么幸运了,即便蝙蝠侠守护着黑夜,但Joker的死亡威胁却更加紧迫。

是相信蝙蝠侠能够抓到小丑而忍受死亡威胁,还是逼迫蝙蝠侠牺牲自己?

以地事秦,犹抱薪救火,薪不尽,火不灭。

面对着公众的愤怒和恐惧,Dent说自己是蝙蝠侠。并以此为圈套想抓住小丑。

Joker-II

先不谈小丑有没有将计就计。一番激烈的追逐站后,蝙蝠侠开着高科技摩托撞向小丑。

而小丑也没有躲闪,因为蝙蝠侠不杀罪犯。如果蝙蝠侠撞死了他,那就说明蝙蝠侠所谓的正义不过是个笑话,不过是被恐惧和愤怒裹挟的普通人罢了。

蝙蝠侠也明白这一点,所以最后避开了小丑,而被摔晕。最终小丑被抓进了监狱。

  • Joker: Evening, commissioner.
  • Gordon: Harvey Dent never made it home.
  • Joker: Of course not.
  • Gordon: What have you done with him?
  • Joker: Me? … I was right here. Who did you leave him with?
  • Hm? Your people?
  • Assuming, of course, that they are still your people and not Maroni’s
  • Does it depress you, commissioner, to know just how alone you really are?
  • Does it make you feel responsible for Harvey Dent’s current predicament?
  • Gordon: Where is he?
  • Joker: What’s the time?
  • Gordon: What difference does that make?
  • Joker: Well, depending on the time, he may be in one spot or several.
  • Gordon: If we’re gonna play games.
  • Joker: Mm-hm?
  • Gordon: I’m gonna need a cup of coffee.
  • Joker: Ah, the “good cop, bad cop” routine?
  • Gordon: Not exactly.
  • ……
  • Batman: You wanted me. Here I am.
  • Joker: I wanted to see what you’d do. And you didn’t disappoint. You let five people die. Then you let Dent take your place. Even to a guy like me, that’s cold.
  • Batman: Where’s Dent?
  • Joker: Those Mob fools want you gone so they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth. There’s no going back. You’ve changed things. Forever.
  • Batman: Then why do you wanna kiil me?
  • Joker: I don’t wanna kill you. What would I do withou you? Go back to ripping of Mob dealers? No, no. you. You complete me.
  • Batman: You’re garbage who kills for money.
  • Joker: Don’t talk like one of them. You’re not. Even if you’d like to be. To them, you’re just a freak like me. They need you right now but when they don’t, they’ll cast you out like a leper.
  • You see, their morals, their code, it’s bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They’re only as good as the world allows them to be.
  • I’ll show you. When the chips are down, these civilized people they’ll eat each other. See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.
  • Batman: Where’s Dent?
  • Joker: You have all these rules, and you think they’ll save you.
  • Batman: I have one rule.
  • Joker: Oh. Then that’s the rule you’ll have to break to know the truth.
  • Batman: Which is?
  • Joker: The only sensible way to live is without rules. And tonight you’re gonna break your one rule.
  • Batman: I considering it.
  • Joker: There’s only minutes left, so you’ll have to play my game if you wanna save one of them.
  • Batman: “Them”?
  • Joker: You know, for a while there, I thought you really were Dent. The way you threw yourself after her.
  • Look at you go. Does Harvey know about you and his little bunny?
  • Batman: Where are they?!
  • Joker: Killinig is making a choice.
  • Batman: Where are they?!
  • Joker: Choose between one life or the other.
  • Your friend the district attorney, or his blushing bride-to-be.
  • You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with.
  • Nothing to do with all your strength.
  • Don’t worry, I’m gonna tell you where they are, both of them. And that’s the point. You’ll have to choose.
  • ……

蝙蝠侠和Dent都以为万事大吉,结果小丑再次使用死亡威胁抓走了Dent和Rachel。

这是抛给蝙蝠侠的一道题

  • 是救蝙蝠侠的希望–未来的光明骑士 Harvey Dent
  • 还是Bruce Wayne的相爱—Rachel

可怜的是, Joker 故意说反了两人的位置, 一心想救女朋友的Bruce救到了Dent。

Bruce终于知道了,蝙蝠侠也有力所不能及的事情。

小丑赢了,他近乎摧毁了蝙蝠侠和Dent。并且逃出了监狱。

面对鬼魅般的Joker,有人想揭发蝙蝠侠,但小丑却发起了死亡威胁,告密者一个小时不死,就炸毁一座医院。警察想保护告密者,也正在迁移各大医院中的患者。

可惜,蝙蝠侠都有力所不能及之事,何况有家人在医院的警员。

双面人:哈维·丹特

自始至终,Dent都没有追寻正义,或者说,本质上,他并不在寻求正义。

他一直在寻找影响力,寻找他人的崇拜。他爱Rachel,这也是他目的之一,当Rachel死去,目的的消逝翻转了Dent。

阳光下,他打击犯罪;暗影中,他如同Joker一般使用威胁对付Crane,希望获取情报。

Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I’m not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are.

这一番话彻底击垮了Dent,影响力、正义、地位、财富,小小的阴谋家想要用他们自以为是的计划和逻辑控制这可怜的世界。

秩序有什么用?按计划进行又有什么用?我只需要轻轻推一下,几桶汽油,几句话,几颗子弹,足以让社会进入混乱。小丑就是混乱的代理人,什么是混乱呢?无政府、无秩序、随机行事,混乱即为公平.

于是,光明骑士彻底被击垮了。他要混乱,他要复仇,他要泄愤。既是愤怒,也是恐惧。

Joker-III

随着Joker的计划进一步进行,第三个选择交给了最后的两条船。一条犯人,一条市民。

每条船上都有一个炸弹和一个遥控器,可以操纵对方船上的炸弹。而12点,两个炸弹如果没有引爆的话,则都会发生爆炸。

这是影片留给人最大的温暖,无论是罪犯还是市民,两条船都没有启动遥控器,可能这么多年来,蝙蝠侠的的确确改变了什么。不是所有人都会服膺于小丑的逻辑。

但这一切的改变都会在Dent的事情暴露之后而恶化。所谓的光明骑士变成了依靠硬币的双面人。一面活,一面死,这种随机的混乱最是能成为恐惧。

所以Joker觉得自己还是赢了,在哥谭灵魂之战中,最后的赢家还是自己。只不过,他还是没能毁掉真正的蝙蝠侠。

Ending

影片终结于蝙蝠侠和双面人的对峙中。

和Dent不同的是,蝙蝠侠自始至终追求着正义。为了不让小丑赢,哥谭需要一个光明里的英雄。蝙蝠侠接下了Dent所有的恶业,哪怕被当作罪犯。


Because he's the hero Gotham deserves,
But not the one it needs right now.

So we'll hunt him
because he can take it.

Because he's not a hero.
He's a silent guardian.
a watchful protector

A dark knight.