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==2012 Aurora shooting==
 
==2012 Aurora shooting==
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In the early morning on July 20, 2012, 15 minutes into a midnight showing of the film at the Century 16 theater in [[Aurora]], [[Colorado]], suspect [[James Holmes]] entered the theater and threw a gas bomb canister into the auditorium before opening fire on the crowd, killing 12 and injuring 58 others. Holmes was arrested by authorities in the theater parking lot shortly after the shooting, identifying himself to them as "[[The Joker]]" (a villian from the previous Batman film, ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.)  
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{{see also|James Eagan Holmes}}
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In the early morning on July 20, 2012, 15 minutes into a midnight showing of the film at the Century 16 theater in [[Aurora]], [[Colorado]], suspect [[James Eagan Holmes|James Holmes]] entered the theater and threw a gas bomb canister into the auditorium before opening fire on the crowd, killing 12 and injuring 58 others. Holmes was arrested by authorities in the theater parking lot shortly after the shooting, identifying himself to them as "[[The Joker]]" (a villian from the previous Batman film, ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.)  
    
As a result of the shooting, film distributor [[Warner Bros.]] issued a statement stating it was "deeply saddened" by the massacre and canceled the premiere of the film in [[Paris]], [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]],<ref>http://news-briefs.ew.com/2012/07/21/warner-bros-cancels-dark-knight-rises-premieres-mexico-and-japan/</ref> in addition to removing the trailer for the film ''Gangster Squad'' from screenings of ''The Dark Knight Rises'' and pushing the release of it back to early 2013.. [[Christopher Nolan]], director of ''The Dark Knight'' Trilogy, commented on the shooting as "savage".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherNolan.info</ref> [[Batman]] actor [[Christian Bale]] privately visited victims of the massacre in the week following the opening of the film on July 24, 2012.
 
As a result of the shooting, film distributor [[Warner Bros.]] issued a statement stating it was "deeply saddened" by the massacre and canceled the premiere of the film in [[Paris]], [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]],<ref>http://news-briefs.ew.com/2012/07/21/warner-bros-cancels-dark-knight-rises-premieres-mexico-and-japan/</ref> in addition to removing the trailer for the film ''Gangster Squad'' from screenings of ''The Dark Knight Rises'' and pushing the release of it back to early 2013.. [[Christopher Nolan]], director of ''The Dark Knight'' Trilogy, commented on the shooting as "savage".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherNolan.info</ref> [[Batman]] actor [[Christian Bale]] privately visited victims of the massacre in the week following the opening of the film on July 24, 2012.
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==Political messages==
 
==Political messages==
 
''The Dark Knight Rises'' is considered to be one of the [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies|best conservative films ever]] due to it's depiction of [[Occupy Wall Street]]-esque protesters as the villains who, under the lead of terrorists Talia al Ghul and Bane, orchestrate a takeover of Gotham City and force capitalists from their homes before sentencing them to a grisly "exile" from the city. In addition, Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne's company, Wayne Enterprises, is shown in the film to have a significant drop in stock after investing in an [[environmentalist]], progressive business endeavor to install a clean energy source reactor to power Gotham City, which is revealed to hold a nuclear bomb in it's core deliberately created by the villain Talia al Ghul to destroy the city. Finally, Batman is shown in the finale as willing to sacrifice himself to save the people of Gotham from destruction by nuclear annihilation, despite the city having branded him as a villain for the murders caused by Two-Face in the previous film, ''The Dark Knight''. This is not unlike [[Jesus]] enduring death on the Cross to save us from our sins.
 
''The Dark Knight Rises'' is considered to be one of the [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies|best conservative films ever]] due to it's depiction of [[Occupy Wall Street]]-esque protesters as the villains who, under the lead of terrorists Talia al Ghul and Bane, orchestrate a takeover of Gotham City and force capitalists from their homes before sentencing them to a grisly "exile" from the city. In addition, Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne's company, Wayne Enterprises, is shown in the film to have a significant drop in stock after investing in an [[environmentalist]], progressive business endeavor to install a clean energy source reactor to power Gotham City, which is revealed to hold a nuclear bomb in it's core deliberately created by the villain Talia al Ghul to destroy the city. Finally, Batman is shown in the finale as willing to sacrifice himself to save the people of Gotham from destruction by nuclear annihilation, despite the city having branded him as a villain for the murders caused by Two-Face in the previous film, ''The Dark Knight''. This is not unlike [[Jesus]] enduring death on the Cross to save us from our sins.
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