Yup. I can't even think of the last time a Hot Toys related "scoop" actually came into fruition.
And that's what I don't like about this interpretation of the character. His motives are completely selfish and petty. He is driven by revenge and nothing else.
Two-Face is one of my favorite Batman villains and this interpretation feels about as under-baked as Tommy Lee Jones. It's so one note. It's like they just rushed to get Two-Face into the movie because they ran out of time in the third act. This interpretation doesn't even have a dissociative identity disorder. His fall from grace isn't even tragic. Dent is a great foil to Batman and is complex enough to hold his own film without the likes of the Joker or the Riddler needing to carry the story.
"I knew the risks when I took this job lieutenant"
Sure you did. As soon as your girlfriend dies you snap and decide to hold a child at gun point as some sort of retribution.
"It's not about what I want, it's about what's fair."
Yeah right, it's exactly what he wanted. There wasn't an element of CHANCE to any of his actions or claims. It was all premeditated and planned ever since the hospital when he threatens Gordon. Everything you listed is just him being angry and frustrated with Rachel dying. He doesn't even live and die by the coin. He cheats and bends the rules to fit his own desired outcomes. Case in point, Maroni's limo driver. It's pretty difficult to have pity for a character like this, and I think we can both agree that Two-Face is always best when he's a portrayed as a sympathetic villain.
Dent is a ****ing, raging ***** in TDK. Even after Batman (moronically) convinces him to turn the gun on the people responsible he is STILL is obsessed with killing Gordon's son and only Gordon's son. Rachel was just as complicit as Batman, Dent and Gordon in the war on the mob. Little Jimmy Gordon, a true innocent? Not even close.
Dent should have blown his brains out after Batman sums up Joker's motive. That would have been more tragic and cinematic (and Batman wouldn't be forced to kill him like he does). You can tell he knows Batman is right and that Joker played him like a fiddle, but instead of taking personal responsibility for his actions and being a man about it, he just can't resist trying to kill Gordon's child. It's shallow and not what Two-Face is about.
To sum it up. The reason I don't like Eckhart's Two-Face is because he's a huge puss with no integrity or conviction at all. Conviction is pretty important for a character like Two-Face.
