The Ferry Scene in The Dark Knight (SPOILERS) [View All]

[Frank Cannon]

I hate to start another Dark Knight thread, but I find myself particularly haunted by this scene. I saw this movie in a packed theater, and you could have heard a pin drop during this entire encounter. It was extremely tense, well-written and well-played, and I found the outcome quite profound.

I'm interested to hear other people's thoughts on this scene. Do you think, in real life, it would have played out the way it did? What would you have done if you had been on either boat? Do you think Batman knew that things would work out the way they did? (From his dialog, he seemed to, but maybe he was just playing with the Joker's mind the way the Joker played with everyone else's.) Do you think Nolan was sending a larger message about how people SHOULD act in the face of terrorism?

To me, the sign of a great film is that you can't stop thinking about it. There was a lot of meaty food for thought in this movie, which is why, in my opinion, so many people are talking about it. But this scene really resonated with me.