DC Films- V for Vendetta and Dark Knight

"Remember, Remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder should ever be forgot".
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people".
"Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."

These three quotes represent the plot behind two popular films. V for Vendetta and Dark Knight have very similar plots. "V" and the Joker have the same underlying cause... disrupt the citizens of their cities routines and make them see who they really are. "V" had to blow up the totalitarian government that was ruining the city of Great Britain to showing how easily it can be ruined when one decides they want change. The Joker, in an extremely strange way, showed the city of Gotham how easily its citizens would stray from their own rules to save themselves. Both characters had to make a large presentation to make their point...in their mind. The point was made in both films. "V", in his mind, did not kill anyone that did not intentionally deserve it. He went straight for the middle and took the government down, leader by leader. The Joker, on the other hand, warned Batman that until he revealed himself, he would kill people. He did.

I'm not saying that killing anyone is the best way to make a point but desperate times call for desperate measures.