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Or a huge big freaking city where a lot of things happen at once. You, as an audience, are focused on that particular event. You, as an audience, know that Bruce is Batman, But for the people of Gotham, a crippled playboy billionaire probably doesn´t raise as much suspicion as you might think.
Plus, how many men in Gotham do you think could fit Batman´s shoes in people´s perception? Probably a lot. Probably, for them, Batman isn´t even a playboy billionaire, but someone hired and financed by the mob, the government or anybody else. Even if the films don´t talk much about it, we can easily assume that there are probably thousands of theories about Batman´s identity. Truth is though, that in real world ANY super hero would get caught much easier than in the movies.
And let´s not forget how much people complained about Blake knowing who Batman is. I think that Blake scene just proves that people actually do suspect about Bruce Wayne. But one thing is suspecting and creating stories, another thing is KNOWING. Besides Bruce, there were probably other guys that were the target of the same suspicion.
That Blake scene was also stupid. When faced with the evidence that "I saw you with hot chicks and knew you were Batman!" Bruce doesn't try to convince him he wasn't. Sorry, but that felt forced. As for alternate theories, then why DON'T we see anyone connect the dots? How many people could afford that equipment? How can Batman emerge/disappear (very visibly in the media mind you) at the same time his EQUALLY media attracting alter ego does? It just makes the people not look smart. Also, I hate the idea that Batman quit over a girl. He became Batman over an obsession to end crime. Taking the blame for Dent doesn't mean he had to stop fighting criminals period, and in most media, you see how Batman always finds a face to fight. It is what he does! He doesn't become a hermit because he lost someone. The war is still going! It was a bad angle, and it led to a rehash in which Wayne must become Batman again. No less, fighting the League of Shadows again, AND having to chase down a bomb at the end! It just felt unoriginal.
You are obviously a huge Marvel fan, and judging by your rating you think that almost anything Marvel does is amazing. But i think that some stuff that we see in the Spider-Man movies, just to give you an example, are 100x times more stupid than anything we see in Rises. Like the scene "wow, nice reflexes". She must be really dumb for not going "wow, you are not human!!!". Yes, because no human being would have done that.
You see, I am a man who likes variety. One day I want pizza, the next I want roast chicken and some mashed potatoes! Etc, etc etc. Yes, I like Marvel MORE, but I still enjoy myself some DC. I liked BB and loved TDK. But, TDKR was a giant disappointment to me. Especially following up TDK, which is one of the best CBM's by far.
I don't like every Marvel movie that comes out. Marvel has had a large amount of crappy movies based around their characters. I am very critical of the X-Men films basically prior to FC. The FF movies suck. DD had a crappy theatrical release (but the DC is good). Elektra was awful. Man-Thing was one of the worst movies I have seen. Punisher: War Zone was crap. Etc. Now, I do enjoy the MCU movies a great deal, but even there, those movies are not perfect either. I could easily tell you what the pros and cons are. I could also tell you how amazing I thought Nolan's first 2 films were, and how much I love Superman: the Movie.
But, of course, because it is a Marvel character movie, things can be stupid. Nobody cares. It´s all forgivable. Well, not to me.
Not at all. SM3 had a ton of problems. Heck, SM1 had some painfully awkward moments, also. But, I think people forgot that it had good elements as well. It gets lost in the discussion about SM3, and people let SM3 make SM2 (a great movie) seem like total garbage when those same people loved it prior to SM3. This is more why I defend SM3 openly. It is easy to bash it. It is trendy to bash it. But, the movie had good as well. Also, while SM1 has some bad dialogue in spots, it is far outweighed by the great scenes. Like Peter finding Ben. Like when he sees the Burglar's face. Any scene involving JJJ. Etc.