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    Default Has there been a comic book accurate portrayal of Two Face in movies?

    To me, there are three major components to his character. 1)Showing he suffers from split personality disorder 2)The coin-flipping compulsion to make decisions 3)Show he deals out his own version of justice
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    Quote Originally Posted by thwhtGuardian View Post
    Yeah, pretty much.

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    He did a great Harvey Dent but I found his brief period as Two-Face felt rushed and half done.

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    When Eckhart interrogated Jokers goon in the subway using his coin

    But two face himself no
    Both of them are too emotional
    There's not yet that cunning mastermind
    He needs a whole movie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan2099 View Post
    He did a great Harvey Dent but I found his brief period as Two-Face felt rushed and half done.
    Well, we're talking about Two-Face .

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    TDK was pretty close, but after he gets scarred I didn't really feel like he had a split-personality. He was just bitter and evil, and flipped the coin as many times as he needed to get the result he wanted more or less. Then again I think the extent of his split personality varies based on the writer in comics and other adaptations as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lightning Rider View Post
    TDK was pretty close, but after he gets scarred I didn't really feel like he had a split-personality. He was just bitter and evil, and flipped the coin as many times as he needed to get the result he wanted more or less. Then again I think the extent of his split personality varies based on the writer in comics and other adaptations as well.
    Well, they never really set up Dent having identity issues before he got scarred to properly set up the Two-Face personality as a split personality. I think the intent was that his personality and ethics became as changed and scarred as his face so that, as Two-Face, he was effectively an entirely different person.

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    TDK nails the Pre-Crisis version of the character, where its less "split personality" and more "criminal-evangelist of capricious chance."
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    Tommy Lee Jones also had an acceptable version for the time. His version is pretty much spot-on for the Two-Face in Prodigal.

    Sure, TAS had already created a better Two-Face by then but it's not like his portrayal in the mainline comics was great (or stable).
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    I would say TDK matches The Long Halloween's dark vigilante avenger. I think the build up was pretty well done, but there wasn't a hint or suggestion of his split personality or anything that lead to the mental scarring that made Two Face (Abusive parents, his mental instability, etc).

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    IMHO, no. There's been no accurate comic book portrayal in film. TDK didn't go with Harvey's comic book origin, and I think Harvey's comic book origin is iconic and important. Batman Forever I just don't take seriously, so I disregard that.
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