The Dark Knight Rises Unpopular Opinion but I hate The Christopher Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy

[WolverineHunt01]

While they’re not as bad as Batman and Robin, that’s not saying much. That’s like saying Domino’s is better than Little Caesar’s. My big problem with the DK trilogy is that they feel almost nothing like Batman. It feels like Christopher Nolan and company wanted to make a movie that had a few qualities of Batman but was a completely original idea only for the script to be bought by Warner Bros., have a couple more elements from Batman thrown in and then slap the Batman name on it. I usually don’t mind it when adaptations make changes from the source material but I personally feel that the Dark Knight trilogy was one of the many examples of adaptations that went too far with their changes. Also, I’ll never get why people got on Hugh Jackman’s case for not being the same height as Wolverine but gave a free pass to the movies for white washing Bane the Al Ghul family. Also, as a huge fan of Scarecrow and Two Face, I’m offended with how they were completely wasted in this movies (though I will say Cillian Murphy and Aaron Eckhart did a great job with what they were given). ****, even Batman Forever handled Two Face better. Overall, if people love these movies, that’s perfectly fine and more power to them. I personally, however, can’t stand this trilogy.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I agree with the white washing and the Two Face thing.

I'm also not a fan of Nolan's bat-suit, batmobile, bat-voice, and Gotham.

But overall I have to give props to Ledger's Joker and Hardy's Bane. They're extremely iconic with some legendary dialogue.

Also we got the Badman series from college humor which are hilarious. So thanks for that, Nolan.

 

[LoganPool]

While they’re not as bad as Batman and Robin, that’s not saying much. That’s like saying Domino’s is better than Little Caesar’s. My big problem with the DK trilogy is that they feel almost nothing like Batman. It feels like Christopher Nolan and company wanted to make a movie that had a few qualities of Batman but was a completely original idea only for the script to be bought by Warner Bros., have a couple more elements from Batman thrown in and then slap the Batman name on it. I usually don’t mind it when adaptations make changes from the source material but I personally feel that the Dark Knight trilogy was one of the many examples of adaptations that went too far with their changes. Also, I’ll never get why people got on Hugh Jackman’s case for not being the same height as Wolverine but gave a free pass to the movies for white washing Bane the Al Ghul family. Also, as a huge fan of Scarecrow and Two Face, I’m offended with how they were completely wasted in this movies (though I will say Cillian Murphy and Aaron Eckhart did a great job with what they were given). ****, even Batman Forever handled Two Face better. Overall, if people love these movies, that’s perfectly fine and more power to them. I personally, however, can’t stand this trilogy.

 

[Venom 1988]

Hot take but your hot take shtick is boring.

 

[Herofan]

Loved the first film including its Ra's and Scarecrow, pretty disappointed with the rest but the first is still great and give at least some goodwill to the rest, also while Scarecrow in the sequels was particularly disappointing loved TDK Two-Face, thought he was great, hard to see how he would, could be considered disappointing let alone compared to that in BF.

 

[HBarnill]

15 years ago, I would've yelled at your ass for that.

Thankfully, I've matured since then and can happily disagree with your opinion.

 

[Awest66]

Passionately disagree.

There still the best quality live-action Batman movies we have to date

 

[Babillygunn]

even Batman Forever handled Two Face better.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Loved the first film including its Ra's and Scarecrow, pretty disappointed with the rest but the first is still great and give at least some goodwill to the rest, also while Scarecrow in the sequels was particularly disappointing loved TDK Two-Face, thought he was great, hard to see how he would, could be considered disappointing let alone compared to that in BF.

My problem with Nolan's Two Face is he didn't explore the multiple personalities aspect. He was just Angry Face.

 

[WolverineHunt01]

Hot take but your hot take shtick is boring.

What’s that supposed to mean?

 

[WolverineHunt01]

Passionately disagree.

There still the best quality live-action Batman movies we have to date

To each their own me personally I think Batman 89 is still the best.

 

[Awest66]

To each their own me personally I think Batman 89 is still the best.

I could not disagree more. From a character perspective, I think all three Nolan movies run rings around the 89 movie (Look at what it did to poor Jim Gordon)

 

[WolverineHunt01]

I could not disagree more. From a character perspective, I think all three Nolan movies run rings around the 89 movie (Look at what it did to poor Jim Gordon)

At least Batman 89 Joker felt like the Joker and wasn’t just Osama McDonald.

 

[Awest66]

At least Batman 89 Joker felt like the Joker and wasn’t just Osama McDonald.

Ledger absolutely embodied the Joker in The Dark Knight. There's more to the character than bleached skin and gag props.

 

[Babillygunn]

I’m sorry, but perma-white skin aside, TDK Joker is extremely in line with comics Joker. He’s in many ways lifted straight from Batman #1.

I actually see very little of comics Joker in 89. At least not modern comics Joker. He may have been more of a geriatric Denny O’Neil Joker.

 

[Venom 1988]

What’s that supposed to mean?

In the short time you've been here, the only thing you have been doing is creating threads to complain about things or to give your "hot takes". To the point that it seems like an act, hence the word shtick. Basically it just seems like you're complaining just to complain.

Kinda sad that the best version of Bane in a motion picture is El Macho in Despicable Me 2.

And that’s pitiful considering that Despicable Me 2 is supposed to be a kids film.

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Hot take but…

X-Men Origins Wolverine > Eternals.

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Hot take: Recasting Wolverine is a terrible idea

Hugh Jackman played the part so well that it's impossible to see anyone else in the role but him. At least with characters like Spider-Man or James Bond, there has been so many different incarnations of those characters that you can kinda get away with having a new actor for each incarnation...

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While what happened to Deadpool in Origins Wolverine was terrible, I’ll still take it over Galactus in Rise of the Silver Surfer.

At least Deadpool started off fine early on in Origins Wolverine it wasn’t until the third act where they completely mishandled the character. Not to mention, you only had to wait seven years for them to make a proper film adaptation of Deadpool. With Galactus, he was terrible the moment he...

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[DarthSkywalker]

To each their own me personally I think Batman 89 is still the best.

89 is good. But it's not even the best Batman movie with Keaton as the lead imo.

1. TDK
2. The Batman
3. Begins
4. Rises
5. Returns

Would be my top 5, live action only.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

At least Batman 89 Joker felt like the Joker and wasn’t just Osama McDonald.

That's an odd take, when Jack and his fake smile feels a lot more like Ronald.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

All the grown men who cried bloody murder about The Little Mermaid but not a peep about Bane.

 

[Ironfan72]

Im not going to crap all over them, mostly since i dont care that much for Batman, but I saw Batman begins and it was ok, didnt knock me out and i only went to see the second film because of all the DC villains, Two-Face is my favorite, so i wanted to see that and it was Heath Ledgers last role, it was ok, abit long, i remember sitting in the theater looking at my watch thinking this is going long, alot of talking, and was absolutely uninterested in the third film, to this day i have not seen it, again, i get people like what they like, but this assumption Nolan is come geniuos is vastly over rated, they were ok films, nothing to write home about, but, again, to each their own.

 

[Captain Tired]

This is like that scene in Kentucky Fried Movie

 

[WolverineHunt01]

This is like that scene in Kentucky Fried Movie

Which scene are you talking about?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Score: Batman 89
Gotham: Batman 89
Batsuit: Batman 89
Batvoice: Batman 89
Batmobile: Batman 89
Action: Batman 89
Love Interest: Batman 89
Dialogue: Tie
Cinematography: TDK
Gordon: TDK
Joker: TDK

 

[WolverineHunt01]

I’m sorry, but perma-white skin aside, TDK Joker is extremely in line with comics Joker. He’s in many ways lifted straight from Batman #1.

I actually see very little of comics Joker in 89. At least not modern comics Joker. He may have been more of a geriatric Denny O’Neil Joker.

I’d argue and say that 89 Joker inspired TAS Joker.