Paralleling the Joker’s crime spree is competition for moral high ground between Batman and Gotham City’s DA, Harvey Dent: one man seeking change within the legal system, the other without. Goyer for the second chapter of a blockbuster trilogy. This dilemma drives the epic script that Christopher Nolan assembled with Jonathan Nolan and David S. It’s one thing for a superhero to fight crooks with rational agendas it’s another to battle chaos created for its own sake. “Some men just want to watch the world burn.” More than summarizing the anarchic nature of the Joker, this observation by butler/confidant Alfred Pennyworth challenges the worldview of his employer, Bruce Wayne, aka Batman. Goyer, Based Upon Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics, Batman Created by Bob Kane Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, Story by Christopher Nolan & David S.
