The Dark Knight The story telling method of The Dark Knight

[Secret_Riddle]

Christopher Nolan makes movies that are extremely non-linear. It is his quasi trademark you could say.

The first half of Batman Begins was non linear, while Bruces story is told, however, the second half was extremely linear and told its story much like any other super hero movie.

Do you think Nolan will keep the Dark Knight linear, to create a continuous feel from Begins? or will he stick to his non linear roots, and give us one hell of a ride?

 

[wikum]

Christopher Nolan makes movies that are extremely non-linear. It is his quasi trademark you could say.

The first half of Batman Begins was non linear, while Bruces story is told, however, the second half was extremely linear and told its story much like any other super hero movie.

Do you think Nolan will keep the Dark Knight linear, to create a continuous feel from Begins? or will he stick to his non linear roots, and give us one hell of a ride?

no way will this film be linear. too much needs to happen in the film, so going back and forth will be a good way to tell the story.

 

[dark_b]

i like how nolan made somthing fresh wiht the origin.

so i hope the sequel will also be something new.

 

[Joker]

Well, we know the Joker's bank robbery scene actually takes place before the end of Begins (it's the armed robber/double homicide Gordon talks about on the roof), so I would assume that it will at least be partially non-linear, ala Begins.

 

[dark_b]

Well, we know the Joker's bank robbery scene actually takes place before the end of Begins (it's the armed robber/double homicide Gordon talks about on the roof), so I would assume that it will at least be partially non-linear, ala Begins.

but are we 100% about that?

 

[Joker]

but are we 100% about that?

All the news we've heard about it seems to point to that, but no, we don't know 100%. Then again, we don't know for 100% that Batman won't wear a tutu and dance the tango with the Joker, then make out with Harvey Dent, but it's safe to assume it probably won't happen.

 

[JackBauer24]

I'm expecting it to be more linear than BB. Not that I have a problem with that at all - I'm sure Nolan can handle himself without the gimmick of time jumps.

 

[GoogleMe94]

time jumps suck.

 

[dark_b]

has anyone notcied that nolan always has a suprise for us? casting,the look of the suit, of hte car and now of the batbike. everything is different. everything is fresh. so i expect that the story telling will really be something diffeernt.

memento was very fresh.it was a badass movie. maybe nolan can learn something from that director.
i know that it is nolan

 

[GoogleMe94]

i hated memnto.

that said, the batbike is nothing new. didnt we see that already in B&R, but very colorful? i think batgirl rode it.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Hated Memento? Why? Was it the reverse stortelling?

that said, the batbike is nothing new. didnt we see that already in B&R, but very colorful? i think batgirl rode it.

Yup.

Looked EXACTLY the same, actually. Surprising, to me.

Can you posts pics of them side by side? Just to illustrate to the little people, your point?

 

[The Kid]

i like how nolan made somthing fresh wiht the origin.

so i hope the sequel will also be something new.

I can think of several comic book movies that used flashbacks to flesh out a story before begins, in fact batman forever I'd say was the first batman movie to give us young bruce's tumble into the bat-cave. The serious parts of that movie are truly great

nolan said he's doing something different than begins, so i hope so because begins lacked batman. We got plenty of bruce but I don't care about bruce.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Something you can say about every Origin film. I'm almost all out of patience with Origin films, actually.

 

[Secret_Riddle]

Well, we know the Joker's bank robbery scene actually takes place before the end of Begins (it's the armed robber/double homicide Gordon talks about on the roof), so I would assume that it will at least be partially non-linear, ala Begins.

Heh, never thought about that actually, cool idea.

You know whats a good idea? If that was the first scene, then you see Gordon arrive on scene, someone gives him the card, hes looking at it, then when hes looking at it the scene cuts to him giving it to batman on the rooftop, batman jumps off the rooftop and flies towards the screen.

Cue title

D

 

[Schlosser85]

memento was very fresh.it was a badass movie. maybe nolan can learn something from that director.

Nolan directed Memento.

nolan said he's doing something different than begins, so i hope so because begins lacked batman. We got plenty of bruce but I don't care about bruce.

How can you care about Batman and not care about Bruce Wayne? Bruce Wayne is Batman.

 

[Mysterio]

Christopher Nolan makes movies that are extremely non-linear. It is his quasi trademark you could say.

he does? it is? Memento was linear, just in reverse. all of BB was linear. the prestige was linear.

 

[sasquatchs]

The Prestige jumped all over the place, BB mixed things up only at the start. Not sure time tricks will be necessary this time, don't expect an origin, just the robbery and a jumps in time now and again

 

[Mysterio]

The Prestige jumped all over the place, BB mixed things up only at the start. Not sure time tricks will be necessary this time, don't expect an origin, just the robbery and a jumps in time now and again

i think people are misunderstanding and misusing the word linear.

 

[sasquatchs]

I'm using it as a story told where time isn't a straight line. What's you definition?

 

[the_monk]

I've been wondering this as well. Nolan certainly isn't the first to use this type of storytelling, but he uses it so frequently and so well that it's become a trademark. It's been a while, but I don't think Insomnia was told in a non-linear way. So that should prove he can make a more straightforward film.

And Mysterio, I think you're the one misunderstanding linear. The beginning of Batman Begins (the exposition) was told out of order. I don't remember how The Prestige worked but I'm pretty sure it was non-linear.

I have a feeling we'll get some non-linear exposition in some way. Maybe the Joker's origins? I don't know how much he's going to pull the focus away from Batman though. If it's called The Dark Knight he probably won't be telling the Joker's story too much.

Any thoughts?

 

[Mysterio]

I'm using it as a story told where time isn't a straight line. What's you definition?

the same. Bruce is in the east. Bruce goes back home. Bruce becomes Batman. Batman fights some bad guys. End of movie. in that order. that's pretty dang linear. time doesn't have to be linear for the movie to be linear; the story does, and the story is linear.

 

[Mysterio]

And Mysterio, I think you're the one misunderstanding linear. The beginning of Batman Begins (the exposition) was told out of order. I don't remember how The Prestige worked but I'm pretty sure it was non-linear.

he was Bruce Wayne in some prison work camp. he then climbed a mountain, trained, returned to Gotham, and became Batman. what was told out of order?

 

[dark_b]

Nolan directed Memento.



How can you care about Batman and not care about Bruce Wayne? Bruce Wayne is Batman.

it was a joke.

look my post again.

 

[scifiwolf]

I expect we'll see a little bit of this, but not as much as BB. Remember, BB spans all of Bruce's life. That's a very appropriate method by which to cover that amount of time and information. TDK will cover, at the most, probably only 2-3 years, with heavy concentration on a period of weeks or months. Maybe we'll got some of Joker's life prior to crime, which would actually be a lot of fun to watch, IMO.

 

[SpinyNorman]

Linear != flashbacks

Starting at the end and going back is nonlinear.

Starting at the end, then telling part of the middle, then telling the beginning, then a previous part of the middle, and then a few flashbacks before the end, as in the Prestige, is nonlinear as well.

Begins is pretty linear. It just has two flashbacks.