Saw the movie today and it was definitely my favorite of the trilogy. I thought the pacing was excellent and although Bane wasn't as AMAZING a character as the Joker, you can't really expect him to be. The Joker is one of, if not the most developed villain in the Batman universe and it only makes sense for there to be a lot more depth to him. Bane has historically been depicted as a meathead who's all brawn, no brain. TDKR portrayed Bane a lot differently and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The suspense in TDKR was pretty outstanding, and the last 10 or so minutes had me sort of speechless that it was all over, and I was really satisfied with the overall ending. Was a feeling I haven't had in a movie in a long, long time.
Spoiler!
Also, if you
seriously think Bruce Wayne is dead at the end of it all, you are either retarded or did not pay attention at all.
Though, there has been a lot of speculation of JGL as Robin, that didn't feel right to me. Robin doesn't really fit into the world that Nolan has portrayed. I came home and did a little digging - this makes a lot more sense to me although it's purely speculation. Nightwing is a kickass character and definitely plugs into the current DK world than Robin.
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A number of people have pointed out two things to me in regards to my last post on John Blake and The Dark Knight Rises, helpfully noting where my speculations may have gone astray.
1) Many of the plot points in Rises are pretty much taken from The Dark Knight Returns. Even though the Nolan trilogy is (somewhat loosely) based on the Knightfall sequence, elements of this last film were obviously harvested from Miller’s later work. So we probably won’t see a Returns film and almost certainly not a Nolan version of that film given Nolan’s own statements on being finished with the project.
2) It’s more likely that John Blake (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) will not be Batman as this is pretty confusing for audiences not already familiar with the various non-Bruce Wayne Batman characters. Instead, it’s possible we’ll see a Nightwing offshoot of this series, with Blake as Nightwing rather than Batman. There are several clues that might point to this.
First of all, Nightwing wears blue and black. In virtually every scene that Blake showed up in, whether in uniform or out of uniform, he is dressed in blue and black.
Meanwhile, both Batman and Nightwing have a similar aesthetic, making a transition from the Dark Knight films to a Nightwing franchise visually seamless. I don’t see Blake showing up in the batcave only to leave dressed in a gaudy Robin outfit. Much more likely to carry on in the dark hues of his predecessor.
Becoming Nightwing after being Batman’s “Robin” sidekick in Rises makes sense, since Dick Grayson (the original Nightwing) was also the original Robin before becoming Nightwing. This is set up perfectly in Rises.
Nightwing also serves as a bridge between the Batman and Superman comics in the DC universe. Given Nolan’s involvement in the upcoming Superman film, Man of Steel, this may be a way to even subtly weave these universes and stories together (even if it’s not explicitly done, i.e. we wouldn’t have to see Nightwing share screentime with Clark Kent.)
I’d definitely go see a Joseph Gordon-Levitt Nightwing film.
In fact, I like this theory more than the Blake-becomes-Batman theory (proving once again that many of this blog’s readers continue to outsmart me) if only because the Dark Knight trilogy was given such finality and handled with such dark grace.
I don’t want it to continue as a Batman story (though I really hope we don’t see a Batman reboot any time soon. The whole Spider Man reboot idea was awfully premature. Maybe taking a decade off would be a good idea.)
I doubt Nolan will take the helm on a Nightwing project, preferring to play a producer/writer role similar to his role with Superman.
How about you, dear readers? Would you see a Nightwing film with Gordon-Levitt as the star? Who would you put in the director’s chair?
P.S. Final thought: Doesn’t it just seem weird to bring in the character John Blake to begin with, three movies in, with someone solid like Gordon-Levitt in the role, and then end the way the film does without building toward something like this?
Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Dark Knight Rises' Character Going To Be Nightwing? - Forbes
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