Victory Has Defeated You
This is solely my opinion....
Batman Begins
Batman Begins told an amazing origin story. It also included villains never before seen on screen, represented Gotham to the fullest and reintroduced the fun and complexity of Batman to a new generation. Christopher Nolan and an all-star cast did an extraordinary job of capturing the essence of Bruce Wayne and his transformation into Batman.
The Dark Knight
My favorite Batman movie and possibly CBM to date. Batman was back and I was captivated from the opening scene until the end credits. The on-screen portrayal of the Joker and what he stands for was mind-blowing. The contrast between Batman and The Joker was captured perfectly. The dialogue itself gave me goosebumps (Man goosebumps). The Batpod, the temporary “Bat-Cave”, Batman’s “custom” fighting style, the interrogation scene, (honestly the list can go on). Nolan did it again and I was one of his biggest supporters.
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman won. Yup, Batman successfully defeated Crime, retired, and became a recluse in his mansion. Not because he’s too old, he could still be Batman if he wanted to. He became a recluse because he won, Batman defeated crime.
He will go on to have his back broken and a vertebrae “punched” back into his spine…. In the theatre my reaction went like this, “Yes!! Bane just shoulder pressed Batman and broke his back!!” to “a prisoner in Bane’s prison just realigned Batman’s back by punching him”. He will then repeatedly fall while trying to climb and escape the prison, thus injuring his back further but Batman seems immune to these injuries. I remember thinking in the theatre, “holy shit, Nolan is going to use the Lazarus Pit, I mean at this point he has too” (Not like that would fit in his universe).
No, Batman recovers (!!Impossible!! I agree, Bane), escapes, travels to Gotham (How did he get there? Answer: He’s Batman), aaand he beats Bane, then Talia reveals herself as the real leader of the League of Shadows (Not Bane) and stabs Bruce. Then with Bane back in control, with a shotgun pointed at Batman, Catwoman comes out of nowhere on the Batpod and shoots Bane. My response “Nolan, was this film directed by Nolan, is this a dream sequence, or is this like Memento, are we going to see a scene somewhere in the beginning or at the end that explains this movie”.
Then, Batman somehow uses Autopilot in the Bat Wing in order to take a nuclear bomb away from Gotham and have it explode over the Sea. I understand, but this was a Nuclear Bomb, in other words, Gotham is definitely feeling the radiation anyway, and Batman is wearing a suit that can be penetrated by a knife, so what the hell is happening.
There were some cool parts of the movie, but I was lost. I thought one of the coolest parts of the Knightfall comic was that Bane knew he couldn’t face Batman one on one if Batman was 100 %. So, he waits until Batman has to defeat other villains and is exhausted, meets Batman at his Mansion, and kicks his ass.
In the final installment of Nolan's Batman, I feel like success had defeated Nolan, or Nolan truly felt that we were stupid enough to eat this shit up.
What went wrong? Again, just my opinion, if anybody can help me to like this movie, please do.