Ned Ryerson
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Those of you who used to frequent TheForce.Net, which has a tenous link to CominSoon.Net, the Hype's "sister" site, might remember a feature they used to do during the development of the last two prequels where they gathered all the rumours and tried to come up with the respective plots of the films in question. Considering the proliferation of rumours, set reports and pictures/footage, I thought it might be a good idea to do something similar so that we have one central thread where we can try and outline the general plot of the film. It might be a bit redundant at first, but, after every major spoiler or so, we can update the overall plot to try and see where we are.
Here is my attempt. Feel free to fill in the gaps - there will be many. Since there is not one central site that collects all rumours in an orderly fashion (how BoF can call itself the premier Bat-movie news site yet refrain, arrogantly, from posting any spoilers they come across is bewildering), there might be few spoilers that I missed.
Once again, this might feel a bit redundant at first, but, the more we know, the more specific the thread, and the plot, will be.
The film starts off where the previous one left off. There is a new major villain on the loose who calls himself The Joker. Fairly early on in the movie, he and his cronies pull off a major bank heist which involves driving a school bus into the building, and ends with the shooting dead of the bank manager. Batman interceps the event yet the Joker manages to get away (I am slightly dubious about this - they filmed this in daylight, and I could not spot any day-for-night filters on the cameras. Does Batman operate during the day, too?).
Meanwhile, there is a new district attorney called Harvey Dent who might or might not be going out with Rachel Dawes. Like his predecessor before him, he is trying to bring to justice a Gotham crime lord called Sal Maroni, and he is in a clandestine league with Batman and Jim Gordon to do so. His alliance with Batman is tested during at least one scene on the rooftop with the Batsignal where the two meet.
We are still not clear about the Joker's true intentions. However, his homicidal nature is complemented, as in his first comic book appearance, with a lust for cash or jewels or whatever it is he's trying to get his hands on. I have a feeling that his apparent psychosis will, at least initially, be a cover to his larger ambitions to steal a huge amount of loot of some sorts (kind of like Hans Gruber in Die Hard). At one point in the film, he probably comes into contact with the Scarecrow (if that is indeed him on that footage - and it seems likely). It seems logical that he works with the Scarecrow, if only briefly maybe, to fashion his laugh toxin.
Bruce Wayne, who is living in a Gotham penthouse while his manor is being rebuilt, will also be up to his usual playboy shenanigans - during one interlude, having a Bolshoi ballet performance cancelled when he holds a party on his boat for the cast. He also holds a party at his penthouse for Gotham's glitterati, which is crashed by The Joker and his thugs. The Joker asks for Batman to reveal himself, which is when Harvey Dent falsely claims that he is Batman (I am Spartacus), only to be hidden in a closet by Bruce Wayne, who summarily makes an appearance as his alter-ego. A fracas ensues, and it is safe to say that the Joker, once again, manages to get away.
The Joker's piece de resistance, and the film's finale, seems to involve his threatening Gotham in a way that involves, possibly, the releasing to the air of his toxin. There is a mass exodus from the city inviolving two boats, one full of criminals (and, possibly, the general populace of the Narrows), and the other full of Gotham's more affluent denizens. The Joker claims both boats are rigged with explosives, and dares the authorities to blow up one boat, lest they want him to destroy both. We won't know the outcome, but the final confrontation with Batman seems to be set against this tense backdrop.
Of course, there are huge gaps here. Sal Maroni's role in the proceedings; what Jim Gordon gets up to; what about Alfred or Rachel, etc., etc. Feel free to fill in the missing pieces.
Here is my attempt. Feel free to fill in the gaps - there will be many. Since there is not one central site that collects all rumours in an orderly fashion (how BoF can call itself the premier Bat-movie news site yet refrain, arrogantly, from posting any spoilers they come across is bewildering), there might be few spoilers that I missed.
Once again, this might feel a bit redundant at first, but, the more we know, the more specific the thread, and the plot, will be.
The film starts off where the previous one left off. There is a new major villain on the loose who calls himself The Joker. Fairly early on in the movie, he and his cronies pull off a major bank heist which involves driving a school bus into the building, and ends with the shooting dead of the bank manager. Batman interceps the event yet the Joker manages to get away (I am slightly dubious about this - they filmed this in daylight, and I could not spot any day-for-night filters on the cameras. Does Batman operate during the day, too?).
Meanwhile, there is a new district attorney called Harvey Dent who might or might not be going out with Rachel Dawes. Like his predecessor before him, he is trying to bring to justice a Gotham crime lord called Sal Maroni, and he is in a clandestine league with Batman and Jim Gordon to do so. His alliance with Batman is tested during at least one scene on the rooftop with the Batsignal where the two meet.
We are still not clear about the Joker's true intentions. However, his homicidal nature is complemented, as in his first comic book appearance, with a lust for cash or jewels or whatever it is he's trying to get his hands on. I have a feeling that his apparent psychosis will, at least initially, be a cover to his larger ambitions to steal a huge amount of loot of some sorts (kind of like Hans Gruber in Die Hard). At one point in the film, he probably comes into contact with the Scarecrow (if that is indeed him on that footage - and it seems likely). It seems logical that he works with the Scarecrow, if only briefly maybe, to fashion his laugh toxin.
Bruce Wayne, who is living in a Gotham penthouse while his manor is being rebuilt, will also be up to his usual playboy shenanigans - during one interlude, having a Bolshoi ballet performance cancelled when he holds a party on his boat for the cast. He also holds a party at his penthouse for Gotham's glitterati, which is crashed by The Joker and his thugs. The Joker asks for Batman to reveal himself, which is when Harvey Dent falsely claims that he is Batman (I am Spartacus), only to be hidden in a closet by Bruce Wayne, who summarily makes an appearance as his alter-ego. A fracas ensues, and it is safe to say that the Joker, once again, manages to get away.
The Joker's piece de resistance, and the film's finale, seems to involve his threatening Gotham in a way that involves, possibly, the releasing to the air of his toxin. There is a mass exodus from the city inviolving two boats, one full of criminals (and, possibly, the general populace of the Narrows), and the other full of Gotham's more affluent denizens. The Joker claims both boats are rigged with explosives, and dares the authorities to blow up one boat, lest they want him to destroy both. We won't know the outcome, but the final confrontation with Batman seems to be set against this tense backdrop.
Of course, there are huge gaps here. Sal Maroni's role in the proceedings; what Jim Gordon gets up to; what about Alfred or Rachel, etc., etc. Feel free to fill in the missing pieces.
