THE DARK KNIGHT [2008]

Welcome To A World Without Rules

I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger.

~Joker

Alfred: Whenever you stitch yourself up, you do make a bloody mess.

Bruce: Yeah, it makes me learn from my mistakes.

Alfred: You ought to be pretty knowledgeable by now, then.

Bruce: There were more copycats last night, Alfred, with guns.

Alfred: Why not hire them, take the weekend off?

Alfred, see so many scars on Wayne's back: Know your limits, Master Wayne.

Bruce: Batman has no limits.

Harvey: When their enemies were at the gates, 

the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city.

It wasn't considered an honor, it was a public service.

Rachel: Harvey, the last man that they appointed to protect the republic was named Caesar and he never gave up his power.

Harvey: Okay, fine.

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Chechen: What do you propose?

Joker: It's simple. We, uh, kill the Batman.

[the rest gentlemen laugh]

Maroni: If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?

Joker: If you're good at something, never do it for free.

You wanna know how I got this scars?

My father was... a drinker... and a fiend.

And one night, he goes off crazier than usual.

Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself.

He doesn't like that... not one bit.

So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it.

He turns to me and he says, "Why so serious?"

He comes at me with the knife.

"Why so serious?"

He sticks the blade in my mouth.

"Let's put a smile on that face"

And... why so serious?

~Joker, kill Gambol

You see, this is how crazy Batman's made Gotham.

You want order in Gotham, Batman must take off his mask and turn himself in.

Oh, and everyday he doesn't, people will die.

Starting tonight.

I'm a man of my word.

~Joker

[grab Rachel with a knife pointed to her mouth]

You wanna know how I got them?

So I had a wife.

She was beautiful like you, 

who tells me I worry too much, who tells me I ought to smile more...

who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks.

One day they carve her face.

And we have no money for surgeries.

She can't take it.

I just wanna see her smile again, hm?

I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars.

So... I stick a razor in my mouth and do this... to myself.

And you know what?

She can't stand the sight of me.

She leaves...

Now I see the funny side.

Now I'm always smiling.

~Joker

Alfred: A long time ago, I was in Burma...

and my friends and I were working for the local government.

They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones.

But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit.

So we went looking for the stones.

But in 6 months, we never met anyone who traded with him.

One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine.

The bandit had been throwing them away.

Bruce: So why steal them?

Alfred: Because he thought it was good sport.

Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money.

They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with.

Some men just wanna watch the world burn.

Mr. Reese: I went to the archives and I started pulling some old files.

Don't tell me you didn't recognized your baby [open up the batmobile sketch]

pancaking cop cars on the evening news.

Now you got the entire R&D Department burning through cash

claiming it's related to cell phones for the army?

What are you building for him now, a rocket ship?

I want... $10 million a year for the rest of my life.

Lucius: Let me get this straight.

You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful man in the world

is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp 

with his bare hands...

and your plan is to blackmail this person?

[smirking] Good luck.

Batman: Where is he?

Maroni: I don't know where he is. He found us.

Batman: He must have friends.

Maroni: Friends... Have you met this guy?

Batman: Someone knoes where he is.

Maroni: Nobody's gonna tell you nothing.

They're wise to your act.

You got rules.

The Joker, he's got no rules.

Nobody's gonna cross him for you.

If you want this guy, you got one way.

But you already know what that is.

Just take off that mask, let him come find you.

Or you can let a couple more people get killed while you make up your mind.

Batman: You're the symbol of hope I could never be.

Your stand against organized crime is the first legitimate ray of light in Gotham in decades.

If anyone saw this, everything would be undone.

The criminals you arrested would be released and Jim Gordon will have died for nothing.

You're gonna hold a press conference tomorrow morning.

Harvey: Why?

Batman: No one else will die because of me.

Bruce: You once told me that if the day came when I was finished, that we'd be together.

Rachel: Bruce, don't make me your one hope for a normal life.

Bruce: Did you mean it?

Rachel: Yes...

[Bruce starts kissing her and then walk away]

Rachel: Bruce, if you turn yourself in, they're not gonna let us be together.

The night is darkest just before the dawn.

And I promise you, the dawn is coming.

One day the Batman will have to answer for the laws he's broken.

But to us... not to this madman.

~Harvey Dent

Rachel: Alfred, why is he letting Harvey do this?

Alfred: He went down to the press conference.

Rachel: I know. And he just stood by.

Alfred: Perhaps both Bruce and Mr. Dent believe that Batman stands for something more important than the whims of a terrorist, Miss Dawes,

even if everyone hates him for it.

That's the sacrifice he's making.

He's not being a hero.

He's being something more.

Batman: Why do you wanna kill me?

Joker, laughing: I don't wanna kill you.

What would I do without you?

Go back to ripping off mob dealers?

No, no, no, no... You... you complete me.

Batman, throw Joker to the wall: WHERE ARE THEY?

Joker: Killing is making a choice.

Batman, hit Joker: WHERE ARE THEY?

Joker, giggle: Choose between one life to the other.

Your friend the district attorney or his blushing bride-to-be.

[Batman hits him again]

You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with.

Nothing to do with all your strength.

Don't worry, I'm gonna tell you where they are, both of them.

And that's the point, you'll have to choose.

He's at 25052nd street and she's on Avenue X at Cicero.

Do you wanna know why I use a knife?

Guns are too quick.

You can't savor all the little emotions.

You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are.

So in a way, I knew your friends better than you ever did.

~Joker

Dear Bruce,

I need to be honest and clear.

I'm going to marry Harvey Dent.

I love him and I wanna spend the rest of my life with him.

When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman we could be together,

I meant it.

But now I'm sure the day won't come when you no longer need Batman.

I hope it does.

And if it does, I will be there, but as your friend.

I'm sorry to let you down.

If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people.

Love now and always,

Rachel.

Bruce: I was meant to inspire good. 

Not madness, not death.

Alfred: You have inspired good.

But you spat in the faces of Gotham's criminals.

Didn't you think there might be casualties?

Things always get worse before they get better.

Bruce: But Rachel, Alfred...

Alfred: Rachel believed in what you stood for... what we stand for.

Gotham needs you.

Bruce: No, Gotham needs its true hero and I let that murdering psychopath blow him half to hell.

Alfred: Which is why, for now... they're gonna have to make do with you.

It's not about what I want, it's about what's fair!

You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time.

But you were wrong.

The world is cruel.

And the only morality in a cruel world is chance [hold his lucky coin].

Unbiased.

Unprejudiced.

Fair.

~Two Faces

Batman: What happened to Rachel wasn't chance.

We decided to act. We three.

Two Faces: Then why was it me who was the only one who lost everything?

Batman: It wasn't.

Two Faces: THE JOKER CHOSE ME!

Batman: Because you were the best of us!

He wanted to prove that even someone as good as you could fall.

Two Faces: He was right.

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

I can do those things, because I'm not a hero, not like Dent.

~Batman

A hero...

Not the hero we deserved, bu the hero we needed.

Nothing less than a knight... shining.

~Jim Gordon

Jim: They'll hunt you.

Batman: You'll hunt me, you'll condemn me, set the dogs on me.

Because that's what needs to happen.

Because sometimes the truth isn't good enough.

Sometimes people deserves more.

Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

James, see Batman runs: Why is he running, Dad?

Jim: Because we have to chase him.

James: He didn't do anything wrong.

Jim: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

So we'll hunt him, because he can take it.

Because he's not our hero.

He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF PHOENIX [2007]

The Rebellion Begins

 

Even though we've got a fight ahead of us, we've got one thing that Voldemort doesn't have. Something worth fighting for. 

[Harry Potter]

I want you to listen to me very carefully, Harry. 

You're not a bad person. 

You're a very good person, who bad things have happened to. 

Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. 

We've all got both light and dark inside us. 

What matters is the part we choose to act on. 

That's who we really are.

[Sirius Black]

Fudge isn't in his right mind. 

It's been twisted and warped by fear. 

Now fear makes people do terrible things, Harry. 

The last time Voldemort gained power he almost destroyed everything we hold most dear. 

Now he's returned, 

and I'm afraid the Minister will do almost anything to avoid facing that terrifying truth. 

[Remus Lupin]

[Sirius Black]: If anyone's got a right to know it's Harry. 

If it wasn't for him we wouldn't even know Voldemort was back! 

He's not a child, Molly! 

[Mrs. Weasley]: He's not an adult either! 

He's not James, Sirius.

[Sirius Black]: He's not your son. 

[Mrs. Weasley]: He's as good as! Who else as he got? 

[Sirius Black]: He's got me! 

[Severus Snape]: It appears there is a connection between the Dark Lord's mind and your own. 

Whether he is, as yet, aware of this connection is for the moment unclear. 

Pray he remains ignorant. 

[Harry Potter]: You mean if he knows about it then, he'll be able to read my mind.

[Severus Snape]: Read it, control it, unhinge it. 

In the past it was often the Dark Lord's pleasure to invade the minds of his victims, 

creating visions designed to torture them into madness. 

Only after extracting the last exquisite ounce of agony, 

only when he had them litterly begging for death would he finally... kill them. 

Used properly, the power of Occlumency will help shield you from access or influence. 

In these lessons I will attempt to penetrate your mind. 

You will attempt to resist. 

Prepare yourself! 

Legillimens! 

[Luna Lovegood, to Harry Potter]: Is it true you can produce a patronus charm?

[Hermione Granger]: Yes. I've seen it. 

[Dean Thomas]: Blimey, Harry! 

I didn't know you could do that!

[Neville Longbottom]: And he killed a basilisk, with the sword in Dumbledore's office.

[Ginny Weasley]: It's true. 

[Ron Weasley]: Third year he fought off about a hundred dementors at once.

[Hermione Granger]: And last year he really did fight off You-Know-Who in the flesh.

[Harry Potter]: Wait... look, it all sounds great when you say it like that. 

But the truth is most of that was just luck. 

I didn't know what I was doing half the time, I nearly always had help... 

[Hermione Granger]: He's just being modest.

[Harry Potter]: No, Hermione, I'm not. 

Facing this stuff in real life is not like school. 

In school, if you make a mistake you can just try again tomorrow, 

but out there, when you're a second away from being murdered 

or watching a friend die right before your eyes... 

you don't know what that's like. 

[Hermione Granger]: You're right, Harry, we don't. 

That's why we need your help. 

Because if we're having any chance against beating... Voldemort. 

[Neville Longbottom]: Fourteen years ago, 

a Death Eater named Bellatrix Lestrange used the Crutiatus Curse on my parents. 

She tortured them for information, but they never gave in. 

I'm quite proud to be their son. 

But I'm not sure I'm ready for everyone to know just yet. 

[Harry Potter]: We're going to make them proud, Neville. 

That's a promise. 

[Harry Potter]: The prophecy said neither one can live while the other one survives. 

It means one of us is going to have to kill the other, in the end. 

[Albus Dombledore]: Yes.

[Harry Potter]: Why didn't you tell me? 

[Albus Dombledore]: For the same reason you tried to save Sirius. 

For the same reason your friends saved you. 

After all these years, after all you've suffered, I didn't want to cause you any more pain. 

I cared too much about you. 

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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE [2005]

Dark And Difficult Times Lie Ahead


 Now we're all settled in and sorted, I'd like to make an announcement.
This castle will not only be your home this year, but home to some very special guests as well.
 Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, The Triwizard Tournament.
 For those of you who do not know, The Triwizard Tournament brings together 3 schools for a series of magical contests.
 From each school, a single student is selected to compete.
 Let me be clear, if chosen, you stand alone.
And trust me when I say, these contests are not for the faint-hearted. 
~Prof. Albus Dumbledore

 Hermione: Alastor Moody? The Auror?
 Ron: Dark-wizard catcher. Half the cells in Azkaban are filled thanks to him.

 Prof. Moody: Weasley, give us a curse.
 Ron: My dad did tell me about one. The Imperius Curse.
Prof. Moody: Oh yeah, your father would know all about that. 
Gave the Ministry quite a bit of grief a few years ago. 
Perhaps this will show you why. 
[He demonstrate the curse with the spider]
Talented, isn't she?
What should I have her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?
Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only did You-Know-Who's bidding under the influence of the Imperius Curse. 
But here's the rub, how do we sort out the liars?
Longbottom, isn't it?
Professor Sprout tells me you have an aptitude for herbology. 
Neville: There's the Crutiatus Curse. 
Prof. Moody: Correct, correct. Come, come. Particularly nasty.
The torture curse. [to the spider] Crucio!
Hermione: Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering him? Stop it!
Prof. Moody, put the spider in front of Hermione: Perhaps you could give us the last Unforgivable Curse, Miss Granger.
[Hermione shakes her head]
No? 
Avada Kedavra! [the spider dead] The Killing Curse.
Only one person is known to have survived it and he's sitting in this room.

Prof. Dumbledore: The Durmstrang champion is Viktor Krum. 
The champion for Beauxbatons is Fleur Delacour.
The Hogwarts champion, Cedric Diggory. 
Excellent! We now have our 3 champions.
But in the end, only one will go down in history. 
Only one will hoist this chalice of champions, this vessel of victory, The Triwizard Cup!
 [the flame still burn one more paper of champion's name]
Harry Potter? Harry Potter?

 Prof. Dumbledore: Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?

Harry: No, sir.

Prof. Dumbledore: Did you ask one of the older students to do it for you?

Harry: No, sir. 

Prof. Dumbledore: You're absolutely sure?

Harry: Yes, yes, sir. 

Madame Maxime: But of course he is lying. 

Prof. Moody: The hell he is!

The Goblet of Fire is an exceptionally powerful magical object.

Only an exceptionally powerful Confundus Charm could've hoodwinked it. 

Magic way beyond the talents of a fourth year. 

Igor: You seem to have given this a fair bit of thought, Mad-Eye. 

Prof. Moody: It was once my job to think as dark wizards do, Karkaroff, perhaps you remember.

 Prof. Dumbledore: Leave this to you, Barty.

 Barty: The rules are absolute.

The Goblet of Fire constitutes a binding magical contract. 

Mr. Potter has no choice. 

He is, as of tonight, a Triwizard Champion.

 Prof. Moody: What are you going to do about your dragon?
Harry: Well, you know, I just thought I'd...
Prof. Moody: Listen to me, Potter.
Your pal, Diggory? 
By your age, he could turn a whistle into a watch and have it sing you the time.
Miss Delacour? She's as much a fairy princess as I am.
As for Krum, his head may be filled with sawdust, but Karkaroff's is not.
They'll have a strategy.
And you can bet that it will play to Krum's strengths.
Come on, Potter, what are your strengths?
Harry: I don't know.
Well, I can fly, I mean, I'm a fair flyer, but I...
Prof. Moody: Better than fair, the way I heard it.
Harry: But I'm not allowed a broom.
Prof. Moody: You're allowed a wand.

These represent 4 very real dragons, each of which has been given a golden egg to protect.
Your objective is simple, collect the egg.
This you must do, for each egg contains a clue,
without which you cannot hope to proceed to the next task.
~Barty Crouch

Harry, whispering to Ron: Why do they always travel in packs?
How are you supposed to get one on their own to ask them?
[approaching Cho's but couldn't say a word and then they walk away]
Ron: Blimey, Harry, you've slayed dragon. If you can't get a date, who can?
Harry: I think I'd take the dragon right now.

Hermione: Next time there's a ball, pluck up the courage and ask me before somebody else does!
And not as a last resort!
Ron: I mean, that's just completely off the point.
[to Harry] They get scary when they get older.
Hermione: Ron, you spoiled everything!

Neville: If you're interested in plants, you'd better off with Goshawk's Guide to Herbology.
 Do you know there's a wizard in Nepal who's growing gravity-resistant trees?
Harry: Neville, no offense, but I really don't care about plants.
Now, if there's a Tibetan turnip that will allow me to breathe underwater for an hour than great.
But otherwise...
Neville: I don't know about turnip, but you could always use gillyweed.

Curiosity is not a sin, Harry. But you should exercise caution.
~Prof. Albus Dumbledore

Harry: Sir, these dreams, what I see, you don't think it's actually happening, do you?
Prof. Dumbledore: I think it's unwise for you to linger over these dreams, Harry.
I think it's best if you simply cast them away.

In the maze, you'll find no dragons or creatures of the deep.
Instead, you'll face something even more challenging.
People change in the maze.
Oh, find the cup if you can.
But be very wary, you could just lose yourselves along the way.
~Prof. Albus Dumbledore.

Bone of the father unwillingly given.
Flesh of the servant willingly sacrificed.
And blood of the enemy forcibly taken.
The Dark Lord shall rise again.

I'd introduce you, but word has it you're almost as famous as me these days.
The boy who lived.
How lies have fed your legend, Harry.
Shall I reveal what really happened that night 13 years ago?
Shall I divulge how I truly lost my powers?
It was love.
You see, when dear, sweet Lily Potter gave her life for her only son
she provided the ultimate protection.
I could not touch him.
It was old magic.
Something I should have foreseen.
But no matter, no matter, things have changed.
I can touch you now.
~Voldemort

I'm going to kill you, Harry Potter. I'm going to destroy you.
After tonight, no one will ever again question my powers.
After tonight, if they speak of you, they'll speak only of how you begged for death.
And I, being a merciful Lord, obliged.
~Voldemort

Don't you dare turn your back on me, Harry Potter!
I want you to look at me when I kill you!
I want to see the light leave your eyes!
~Voldemort

Harry: It was the Portkey. Someone had bewitched it.
Prof. Moody: What was it like? What was he like?
Harry: Who?
Prof. Moody: The Dark Lord.
What was it like to stand in his presence?
Harry: I don't know.
It was like I'd fallen into one of my dreams, into one of my nightmares.
Prof. Moody: Were there others? In the graveyard, were there others?
Harry: I... I don't think I said anything about a graveyard, Professor.
Prof. Moody: "Marvelous creatures, dragons, aren't they?"
Did you think that oaf would've led you into the woods if I hadn't suggested it?
Do you think Cedric Diggory would've told you to open the egg underwater if I hadn't told him first myself?
Do you think Neville Longbottom, the witless wonder, could've provided you with the gillyweed if I hadn't given him the book that led him straight to it, huh?
Harry: It was you from the beginning. You put my name in the Goblet of Fire.
You bewitched Krum, but you...
Prof. Moody: You won because I made it so, Potter.
You ended up in that graveyard tonight because it was meant to be so.
And now the deed is done.
The blood that runs through these veins runs within the Dark Lord.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead.
Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
But remember this, you have friends here. You're not alone.
~Prof. Albus Dumbledore

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