Having recently seen the first trilogy among Nolan’s works, I wonder what opinions you hold about the movies in general. Seeing that I’m quite late to the party, I expect some strong and mature takes in the comments, but you are still free to voice any opinion you may have.
Pretty good movies.
But I think that also understates how influential they were to superhero popular culture. It bears remembering that prior to the BatTrilogy, for a decade-ish superhero films had been either the squeezed-dry sequels of B-list characters, comedies, aimed largely at kids, and/or barely resembled their source material. While 90s and early 00s Superhero comics were moving through their edgy antihero phases, films struggling to define themselves.
The Nolan Trilogy brought the idea of Batman as a tortured loner, alienated from his family and allies, into the broader popular culture. Batman allows villains to die, spies on innocents, and eschews sidekicks. There is no Justice League. “You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain” is not the sentiment that pervaded superhero screen media in the years prior to the Nolan trilogy.
Even if you don’t like superhero stuff, they’re worth watching just as an artifact of mid-late 00’s culture, in my opinion.
I would describe them as pretty good, definitely worth a watch.
I used to deliberately avoid them for the express purpose of being an MCU fan, but after watching a handful of Nolan’s films I decided to give them a try, and I was not disappointed at all
They were definitely better than the marvel movies IMO, like, significantly better.
Marvel movies are (mostly) OK if you view them from an action movie lens.
The Dark Knight movies were actually fairly OK as movies rather than just being action movies.
I prefer the Marvel-type superhero movies where they don’t take everything so seriously and pretend that the premise isn’t ridiculous. I guess I just wonder “why so serious”?
Batman isn’t an interesting character. His flamboyant rouges gallery is essential and I think a gritty/ realistic Batman-villain undercuts that.
It was so good that it wasnt until zack snyder’s justice league that i realised how much i missed that style of storytelling. and i understand these are different directors but they had the same goal. They are so strongly set apart from the rest of the cannon and so well told. everything else feels so rushed. and it is sad because when i sit down to listen to a story, i am dedicating my attention to it. and i want to see that kind of attention and appreciation reflected back to me. That it is like a gift. That is how i felt with the Nolan batmans.
I saw them long ago. I believe I liked them - tho it gave Batman a different tone.
It is very interesting how Batman is one of those characters that change tones swinging any direction.
I grew up seeing episodes from the og Batman series, then the animated ones (even Batman Beyond) - and I still like Batman forever. These were all different in tones.The ‘new’ ones are more modern action movie style, in my recall it was a good popcorn flick. It reminds me of the ‘new’ Star Trek movies - as is not Star Trek but a good movie.
I think I am going to do a Batman binge - thanks for the reminder :)
I give it a 5/7
Could you explain the reference behind this particular selection of numbers? Is it something like 6-7?
They’re great.
Dark Knight was the best and I think that’s a pretty common opinion. It wasn’t just Ledger’s performance. That installment went for a more “real” angle than the other two. It was much more grounded. The pacing was also really good. I saw all 3 in theaters and Dark Knight was the only one that got applause from the audience at the end, which is something I’ve only seen happen a few times in theaters.
Too serious, too dark (literally hard to see, which is bad in a movie). So I didn’t bother with more than the first.
I’m not a specific superhero movie fan, but have seen all of the marvel ones and like some of the DC ones too, like the latest superman. Since it’s a silly and unrealistic thing to begin with, I like superhero movie approaches that don’t take themselves fully seriously.
Absolutely loved the Arkham Asylum game!
Specially when it’s about a psycho nepo baby…
I thought all of them were excellent, though admittedly I only saw Rises the one time in the theatre. The Dark Knight stands out above the other two, though.
I’m not a Batman or comic fan, which could explain my taste. In fact, a group of friends and I tried watching the 1989 one with no nostalgia and we all agreed to turn it off halfway through.
It good
Such an extreme opinion. I couldn’t fathom a statement like this in centuries.
I didn’t much enjoy them, I wasn’t against the darker theme, gravelly voice etc. (Bane asides, can’t stand his voice - but at least it spawned this sketch that cracks me up! https://youtu.be/1-GkQihKYvM or https://piped.video/watch?v=1-GkQihKYvM).
Oddly the design of the batmobile & bike really bugged me, just didn’t like them at all for some reason, but they do fit with the films overall at least.
Style quibbles asides I just didn’t enjoy the feel of the films, I couldn’t get into the stories or characters much at all. I can’t put a finger on why exactly, I just didn’t enjoy them. Maybe it was the lack of cartoony villains (the 1989 version is the most impressioned film on me, not a stellar storyline, but great style & characters (Batman Returns also bug not do much)), but then I really liked The Joker, but then that is a solo story.
Then there’s the line by Alfred in the 1st film about the bats ‘nesting’ in the cave. As an ecologist by profession, the whole series can be burned just for that faux pas!! (Joking, but it is also unforgivable!)
Overall, fine as a general action superhero movie series but I can’t rate it highly in my experience of the Batman world.
Thanks for sharing that skit! I hadn’t seen that before!
It does crack me up, “his voice, so grating!” The pummling is quite brutal though for a comedy skit!
They’re amazing
I’m always a sucker for scenes that show people are better than people give them credit for. The scene in Spiderman 2 when the subway car passengers refuse to give up a fainted Peter to Doc Ock is a good example; another is in The Dark Knight, when Joker tries to get two ferries to detonate the other one’s bombs, and neither does.
They are all great in my opinion. I get a hankering to rewatch them from time to time, but the second two more than the first one.
I liked the “Batman, nananana nananana” theme song.
