While we wait for Thursday to see if "The Dark Knight" gets an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, I had a thought about the history of the Batman films.
Apparently, villains in those movies all die in the same exact way. Yeah, I have noticed this before, but with all the hype and talk surrounding "The Dark Knight" and its awards chances it really stands out.
Let's take a quick look:
"Batman" (1989) - Joker falls off a REALLY tall building after Batman hooks his leg to a statue.
"Batman Returns" - Penguin dies after falling through the top of the aquarium building. He eventually dies from those injuries. Also, Catwoman's first life is taking by being pushed out a window of a tall building.
"Batman Forever" - Two-Face, about to kill Batman, flips his coin, to which Batman throws a bunch of fake coins in the air, confusing Two-Face, who then falls to his death.
"Batman Begins" - Ra's Al Ghul, fighting with Batman on a rail train, is killed when the train falls off the high tracks and explodes. I do count this because he was in the train when it fell that long distance. Still counts.
"The Dark Knight" - Taking a page from "Batman Forever," Two-Face again is about to kill when he flips his coin and is distracted enough for Batman to knock him off the side of a building. The Joker almost dies from falling off a building before Batman saves him.
So, morale of the story? If you are a Batman enemy... don't fight him near any building or anyplace high up.
Fight him in the desert or something.
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