Or that he doesnt have the origin you want him to and that you are seeing what you want to see. Anyone who didnt know 2face before TDK will testify that there is no such thing implied in the movie. Therefore, Dent didnt have Jigsaw as his father. He was always on the verge of breaking the law trying to enforce it, and after the death of rachel he finally loses his faith in the justice system. He now believes that its all down to luck. I find it better than the "durr my father hit me, now i cant control my rage and i throw da coins in the air".
You're explanation of how his father's abuse effects him is purely your own making. The abuse his father dealt him would set him up for his obsession with duality, and since you obviously didn't grasp what I meant by that I'll explain.
When I say obsessed with duality, it doesn't mean he's obsessed with the number two. I don't want to see Two-Face with two girlfriends, owning two t.v.'s, owning two pairs of shoes....ect. It mean's he's obsessed with the duality of all things. The good side and bad side, the light and the dark. He's obsessed with the duality in humans, and he openly reflects this more then any normal person does. This is also why I said (in my other explanation) that I would have Harvey systematically attack gotham through the mob and justice system, that would hold symbolic meaning to him, because he's not just attacking Gotham, he's taking both dual sides of the city, the mob, which resembles the dark, and the justice system, which resembles the light, and using both sides to tear the city apart.
And if I'm not mistaken, in the novelization they include the abusive father aspect, they even have Harvey come home to find his dad had committed suicide I believe.
Its not about Batman running from the cops. Its about him taking the blame for multiple murders he did not commit, only because that way he would serve Gotham. That was the point of the movie. Not Dent's father or his double personality. You are dismissing the best part of the film only because you want to see BTAS or the Long Halloween in a live action film. Just go watch BTAS already.
I know it's about Batman serving Gotham, and if you actually read what I typed above, I would have that same ending. The whole movie dealt with Bruce's reluctance of the Batman mantle, and ending with him ultimately realizing he may be Batman forever, and accepting that he may have to do anything, even become a villain to serve the city.
If you look above, my post has this same ending, just slightly different.
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Anita18, I have to disagree. I don't think the alternate ending makes Batman seem somehow less strong. No, he's not making himself become a villain, but he's still accepting that he will wear the mantle of Batman, and he's willing to do anything to continue to be Batman. The end of the movie was showing us that Bruce has accepted Batman fully, that was the main message, and I think the other ending I proposed has the same message as well.
Also, about the film's ending, people consider the Two-face abduction part as an afterthough only because the joker is the main villain and ooooh canon says that the film must end with the good guy catching the main bad guy. Also, the set of the abduction didnt help either. It was rather bland, while people expected something spectacular to end the film.
If you've been reading my posts, you'll see that the very first thing I said in here was that I wanted the film to end with Two-Face still at large only because I wanted to see more done with his character. It's not because I think all movies have to end with the main bad guy being captured.
