Indeed. Yet another item on my long list of gripes with Nolan's Batman, culminating in the fact, that for the most part, I found them to be rather mundane, and lacking any real personality, outside of Ledger and Hardy.
Personally, I would prefer the definitive Batman to use strong points from both series. The dark, seriousness of Nolan's trilogy and the absolute bizarre insanity of Burton's. It would probably meet somewhere in the middle, around Sin City, 300, and Watchmen. And please, please for the love of Bob Kane, make Gotham, you know, Gothic.
Interesting. I always found Burtons first batman to be mundane and lacking in personality... Character wise anyways. Other the Jack there was no personality to any of the characters... Interesting personalities anyways. Gordon was a waste, Alfred was boring, Bruce Wayne was blah.. If Batman or the Joker was not on the screen then I found myself looking at my watch.
Actually the first time I watched BB I was not all that thrilled with it. It reminded me too much of 89 Batman... Black suit, cops chase the Batmobile, Villain wants to gas Gotham.. I thought the film was fantastic until he first put on the suit then it just stated to feel a bit like been there done that.
Then I watched it again and it hit me.... Oh so this is supposed to be what would happen if a rich guy in real life was and started fighting crime. I then fell in love with it.
TDK is in a place all it's own. I love that it feels like a modern crime film were the good guys and bad guys happen to dress up in costumes. Like watching Heat with Batman and the Joker.
I see now how that might be off putting to some. As that strays a bit far from the comics... I never thought of it that way and I can see why someone would not like that.
TDKR is sort of a mess. But an entertaining mess. A mess who's problems were not that apparent until I started to give it some thought after seeing the film.
But what I loved about all three is that Bruce Wayne was just as interesting as Batman. In fact after he started to become Batman when ever I say Wayne on screen I just thought of him as The Batman. They did, IMO, one of the best jobs in Comic book films of making the alter ego just as interesting as the Hero. Iron Man is probably the only thing even close.
As for the Gothic look of the 89 film.. I was never a fan. I hated the, "Is it the 30's or is it the 90's" look of the film. Gotham never looked real. It looked like sets and matt paintings. And while I know that was the limitations of the time I thought the film could have been better served if it shot location on real streets.
However that somehow works for me in BR. Perhaps it's because it takes place at Christmas time and it lends itself to more of a fantasy/magical element rather the a serious comic book film. I still find BR just as entertaining today as I did back then.
89 Batman is another story. I was so pumped for that film. I was loving all the hype and then I saw it and was let down. The only thing I can compare it with is seeing The Phantom Menace the first time... All this hype all the anticipation and then the film plays and I know it's not very good but I won't admit it to myself even though I know the truth. I can't admit it to anyone else because I would be the fool for being so excited about a film I ended up not liking all that much. Not until a few years go by and I finally can admit what a misstep the film was to me.
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