After seeing Inception...

[richardhutnik]

disolitude said:

richardhutnik said:

 

Several possible answers to your question:

* The beginning of the The Dark Knight, you see a bunch of people dressing up as Batman and doing vigilantee work in his name.  They are out of control.  In short he was too much of a hero.

* The entire thing with the Joker taking down Dent needed to be kept secret, so that Dent remains as an hero figure who worked within the law.  They were able to spin it so that Batman is wanted for questioning (a character like Batman is always wanted for questioning).  By having things the way it is now, Batman is really outside the law.  Batman is free to do whatever he will do, and not have to answer questions by the authorities.  The Police can say they know nothing of his actions. 

Well, that is my take.  Batman ends up able to do his job and left alone, and the law turns a blind eye to his actions.

Most people have this take, but I don't think it works. If those ships blew each other up, it would work as the city would still be in chaos.

However the people in those ships showed that there is hope for Gotham by not blowing each other up. That is a huge moral vicotry for the city which renders Harvey Dent as a hero figure obsolete.

I will admit that the way they ended it sets up some cool ideas for Part 3, with Batman being an outlaw...so it may have been a necessary sacrifice for greater things to come.

Batman as hero results in untrained individuals dressing up in costumes and acting as vigilantees and getting hurt.  It is less about Harvey and more about Batman not elevated.  I just reread the ending, and you see how it is all about not letting the Joker win.  It is different between Harvey Dent being obsolete vs turning into a criminal who lost it.