The Dark Knight The Dark Knight General Discussion Thread

[Herofan]

Did Ledger Joker cause or correlate with an increase in villains being evil for the sake of being evil?

 

[Awest66]

Is anyone else sick of "the look of Gotham city" complaint aimed towards The Dark Knight?

 

[Rick190293]

Me. It never bothered me at all. Sure, 89's Gotham is a masterpiece, and I love Reeve's one, but Nolan gave a great sense of reality and scale that I haven't seen in those, and it does look great in the IMAX format.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Is anyone else sick of "the look of Gotham city" complaint aimed towards The Dark Knight?

The "look" of Gotham in the Nolan movies is very much in line with Batman Year One's aesthetic, and other comics. I think that complaint comes from people who's only frame of reference for Gotham is Batman 89, or the animated series. They are used to a more stylized look for the city.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Is anyone else sick of "the look of Gotham city" complaint aimed towards The Dark Knight?

Absolutely. Gotham has never looked better than it does in The Dark Knight when it is a real, beautiful ****ty being shot spectacularly. It's a little too stagebound and fake in Begins and then a little too bland in TDKR, although I like how it looks in both movies very much overall, but TDK is the Gotham.

 

[The Joker]

Is anyone else sick of "the look of Gotham city" complaint aimed towards The Dark Knight?

It doesn't really bother me. Its a personal preference on their part not a legit criticism. There's plenty of Batman comics, like what @AndrewGilkison said above that resemble the Nolan 'cleaner' looking modern Gotham.

 

[Lantern Venom]

The "look" of Gotham in the Nolan movies is very much in line with Batman Year One's aesthetic, and other comics. I think that complaint comes from people who's only frame of reference for Gotham is Batman 89, or the animated series. They are used to a more stylized look for the city.

I've always appreciated the look of Gotham in Batman '89, but I knew that was Burton's aesthetic. Had I been asked what Gotham City in the comics looked like prior to '89, I'm sure that I would have said something like, "It's crowded, dark, some affluent parts, but many run-down, dangerous neighborhoods." I never saw Gotham as having an untouchable look outside of big city elements.