Batmans and The Dark Knight
‘The Dark Knight’ is the top four ranking in the IMDb charts, it has set a new bench mark for superheros (well if you want to call it a superhero film). So what was so different between all the batman movies that have been released (even Zack Snyder) and ‘The Dark Knight’. The answer is Christopher Nolan. All the Batman movies we have seen have been adapted from the comic books; the classic good versus evil story. Although Tim Burton created caped crusader in his own bizarre image; but the story is simplified with good versus evil theme. Meaning the hero always wins the battle. But the ‘The Dark Knight’Trilogy and especially the second instalment, has deeply solidified the characters and has shown a brand new image for super hero genre.
The difference in Nolan’s Batman movies is that the characters are deeply flawed, like any other characters even Bruce Wayne/ Batman is a flawed person, and that’s what makes it interesting. Even if we strip the action and explosion out of the movie, we will see the good vs evil theme going; but the difference that stands out to me is the characters are fighting for the soul of humanity. And this is what separates this movie from other super hero movies, the stakes are high, sacrifice, loss of loved ones and cat and mouse chase. This contributes to the storytelling and has now been an arc to which we compare other super hero movie. And that is why, this movie has inspired me so much, making the audience feel, about the characters, raising the intensity in the story and remaking the best villain of all time.
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