I honestly wish I could see what some of you folks see in these films but I don't. Even when its explained in detail I just don't see it in the writing and directing although some of the performances are solid. It has made me understand those who don't see all the great things in other films such as MOS that I do though.
I´m one of those who defends MOS. I loved the movie. I think it´s better than a lot of other movies that are highly praised, such as The Avengers, TWS, GOG, IM. But i don´t think it comes even close to be as good as any of the movies from TDK trilogy.
I think there are a good handful of reasons that made TDK trilogy so successful. We´re talking about comic book action movies that offered something that people weren´t used to. TDK trilogy did things in a different way than any other CB movie, including current CB movies.
You see, when i watch movies like The Avengers, Iron Man and even MOS, there´s a big deal of predictability to it. These are very standard and straight forward storylines that, frankly, are more suited to kids than to an adult who likes to feel challenged. TDK and TDKR, on the other hand, are a little bit more layered in terms of plot. They´re more immersive. Let´s say TDK made me more interested in watching the development of the story than watching the next cool CGI action scene. I enjoyed The Avengers and i enjoyed MOS, but there was never one god damn moment where i was curious about the plot itself, because these movies are just way too predictable and simplistic.
The characters in TDK trilogy are deep, well developed and well played. Nolan did a great job at selling the characters motivations. He made it easy for the audience to buy into why they were doing what they were doing. And then you have the biggest concentration of talent that i´ve seen in any CB movie i can remember. In TDK, for example, you have Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Cilian Murphy. I mean, what other super hero movie has a better team of actors working together?
I think it´s pretty easy to understand why these films were able to make so many people fall in love with them. They´re films. Like it or hate it, they´re films. I can show them to my mother without her getting bored. I can show them to a smart, mature audience without them taking it as a boring joke, and that means a lot to me. I can´t do that with The Avengers. Maybe you can, but i can´t. This is just my experience.
To me, in my personal experience, the biggest evidence that TDK trilogy is just vastly superior to any other CB movies is that i´ve showed it to several people who hate CB movies, and they loved them to death. Like them or hate them, they´re very unique CB movies.
t: if ever a need a need arises to explain "why" TDKR's story is that way) and I'm glad that we have posters here who continue to defend TDKR and can put into words what I can't and what i have yet to see everytime I want to rewatch TDKR. It's sad that in most parts and to most people, TDKR is immediately being labeled as a bad film.
