The Dark Knight...Any Resolutions?

You know, I've been thinking about the latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight and I've come to realize that the movie itself doesn't resolved a lot of conflict and most of the characters die. Rachel Dawes, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal dies in the middle of the film, Harvey "Two-Face" Dent dies at the end of the movie after he goes mad when he realizes that the love of his life parished in the building detonated by the Joker, the chief of police, along with the judge dies, several police officers parish, Joker's minions die one by one in the beginning of the film, and finally the owner of the bank dies (most likely). Not much is resolved in terms of the classic "happy ending" like with Spider-Man or the other superhero movies, which leads me on to the focus of my blog: Batman is not a superhero, he is just a hero with problems like anyone and everyone else. This is why The Dark Knight is so different compared to other DC and Marvel comic heros. This movie is genuenly different and really takes a big step in showing the dark side of Bruce Wayne and his hard times of dealing with the people he cares about and the ones that hurt him the most.

There isn't really any resoultion in the end of the movie. Most of the characters are dead, except for the Joker, and the damage had pretty much been done. However, Batman does continue to run from the police as usual with Commissioner Gordon being the only one who accepts Batman's help and knows him for more than just a vigilante. And yes, Batman did save Gordon's family as well as the people on the two boats, but in the end things just ended up badly for Batman and his life. He lost the love of his life, someone who helped him out in terms of fighting crime before becoming a criminal himself (Harvey) and then of course the death of the mayor. These things are so hard for anyone to live with I wouldn't be surprised if Wayne had gone along with hanging up the Batsuit since he has nothing else to live for.

Which brings me to another thought:

I wonder what Batman does after the end of the movie. We see him on his cycle running from the cops, but at the end of the night when he reaches his apartment, what goes on through his mind? Do you think he just sits looking out the window becoming depressed? Or does he actually try to just erase the loved ones from his life and just focus on fighting crime like he always does? Now, I don't mean erase like just forget about them, but just put them in the back of his mind until he actually has a chance to sit and think about it when he isn't in the moment capturing a criminal. These are the questions that just came into my head as of today when asking my mom what she thought of the film. She responded with, "I thought it was...well dark. There is not resoultion and everyone dies." Even though I don't fully agree with her opinion, it has opened a new door for me to consider hense me writing this blog.