It's only mere coincidence that I have The Dark Knight Rises right ahead of The Avengers. I think.
It's easy to compare both movies just because of the comic book company rivalry, both movies are superhero movies and both came out just a couple months apart. TDKR won the critics war, getting slightly better reviews than The Avengers won the financial war, beating out TDKR by $500 Million dollars.
Nonetheless, I do have TDKR ahead by a small margin. After The Dark Knights tremendous success in 08', most thought it would be difficult to follow up that performance as a whole and of course, going to a 3rd movie in a franchise has seemingly been a death threat to the franchise involved. For Batman, it may not have been the best movie of the trilogy, but it was still great.
The drama of this film was certainly heightened as the movie progresses, with Bane (Tom Hardy) planning the demise of Gotham City and with Selina Kyle (Anne Hathway) lurking around, doing her business, it's an unsettling time for Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale). And it was a different twist for a superhero movie to see a superhero, especially one of Batmans stature, in a such broken state. By the end of The Dark Knight, we see Batman has lost the woman he loves, has lost Gothams respect and is now turned into a fugitive. Eight Years later and it seems that Batman is gone, but Bruce Wayne remains as the broken shell of what he once was. It's rare to start a superhero movie with such gloom.
From here on out, we get great acting from the whole cast, some surprises (that are somewhat seen coming) and the climax to probably the best trilogy for a Superhero of all time. In the end, we know there will be more Batman films. Seemingly, none will reach the emotional level or even dramatic level that TDKR reached.
It's easy to compare both movies just because of the comic book company rivalry, both movies are superhero movies and both came out just a couple months apart. TDKR won the critics war, getting slightly better reviews than The Avengers won the financial war, beating out TDKR by $500 Million dollars.
Nonetheless, I do have TDKR ahead by a small margin. After The Dark Knights tremendous success in 08', most thought it would be difficult to follow up that performance as a whole and of course, going to a 3rd movie in a franchise has seemingly been a death threat to the franchise involved. For Batman, it may not have been the best movie of the trilogy, but it was still great.
The drama of this film was certainly heightened as the movie progresses, with Bane (Tom Hardy) planning the demise of Gotham City and with Selina Kyle (Anne Hathway) lurking around, doing her business, it's an unsettling time for Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale). And it was a different twist for a superhero movie to see a superhero, especially one of Batmans stature, in a such broken state. By the end of The Dark Knight, we see Batman has lost the woman he loves, has lost Gothams respect and is now turned into a fugitive. Eight Years later and it seems that Batman is gone, but Bruce Wayne remains as the broken shell of what he once was. It's rare to start a superhero movie with such gloom.
From here on out, we get great acting from the whole cast, some surprises (that are somewhat seen coming) and the climax to probably the best trilogy for a Superhero of all time. In the end, we know there will be more Batman films. Seemingly, none will reach the emotional level or even dramatic level that TDKR reached.
No comments:
Post a Comment