| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 152 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 08 Dec 2008 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
In this film, the classic Batman enemy “The Joker” is referred to and portrayed as a terrorist. Why do you think the creators of this movie made this change? Do you feel the entertainment industry is inappropriately exploiting the current terrorist environment or do films like these help audiences to deal with the current state of the world?
A character, while discussing the enemy’s motives, observes that, “Some men just like to watch the world burn.” What might cause a person to develop such anti-social behaviors? As viewers of entertainment, do we ever fall into this personality category?
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
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