Re: The Dark Knight Rises
ok, i think i've cracked it. if i maybe so bold to guess nolan's thinking process... i'll try to decode the story for the next film. i mentioned 'despair', i mentioned 'noir', i mentioned 'catwoman', right? then there's another clue. look at the main bad guys in the last 2 films:
- ra's is just like batman, a vigilante who's out for justice, only taken to the extreme end of the spectrum.
- joker and batman, they're the two sides of same coin(that's why two-face worked perfectly in the context of the film), complete opposites of the spectrum.
so where do you go from that for a villain? how about one that is the combination of both above? how about a villain that is a reflection of who bruce/batman is, only it's a reflection through a cracked mirror.
a billionaire, perhaps, just like bruce. head of major corporation, just like bruce. endless resources at his disposal, just like bruce. big ambition. big skeleton in the closet. someone that make the mobs look like playground bullies. someone nobody can touch.
sure... but how does this connect with 'despair', 'noir', 'catwoman' you say? if you dont think a major corporation can cause despair, look at enron, look at bp oil. catwoman will still be a thief, but she's not a thief of trivial things like jewelry. instead, she'll be a thief of corporate secrets. a very agile corporate spy, who's fond of cats, of course.
so now you a femme fatal you dont know if you can trust, you have big corporation conspiring behind gotham's back, you have a fallen hero targeted by the mobs and the cops. and if you know your noir at all, i think all 3 requisites has been met to make a potentially cool noir.
who will tom hardy play then? one of two: bruce's cracked reflection in the mirror, or somebody hired by this cracked reflection to break the bat.
