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There are comic books or shows about comic book type characters where moral dilemmas are more skillfully displayed. If we judge Darkman based upon the sophistication and delivery of its moral plot, then I'd rate it about a C. For entertainment, it's a B+ which is good enough to go see.
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The one I hated but Seattle loved, the extra violent one. It involved Bruce Willis. (Name escapes me).
Many of the Japanese adult comics more skillfully delve into mature topics.
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That's it.
In some ways, it has grown on me, and was more skillful being very crass.
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Sin City is about the moral dilemmas between the evil and slightly less evil, as I recently read on the net.
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The recent version of Beowulf, a myth told in the medium of computer animation, was more skillful.
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The first part of Sin City was good. I thought it lost steam. 300 was better.
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I haven't seen the Dark Knight, but agree that serious investigation can be made of popular--and even comic book-based--texts.
The power and limitations in Western comics are often in their reliance on archetypal characters and narratives.
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