Daily Dialogue — November 4, 2016

Bruce Wayne: People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?

Alfred Pennyworth: Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They’ll hate you for it, but that’s the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice.

Bruce Wayne: Well, today I found out what Batman can’t do. He can’t endure this. Today you get to say “I told you so.”

Alfred Pennyworth: Today, I don’t want to. [pauses for several moments] But I did bloody tell you.

— The Dark Knight (2008), screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, characters by Bob Kane

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: All Is Lost, suggested by Melinda Mahaffey.

Trivia: This is the first Batman movie where Batman operates outside of Gotham.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Rachel’s death proves an enormous blow to Bruce Wayne eventually leading to him deciding to retire Batman.