"Nolan’s Dark Knight suffers from too much telling and not enough showing. We’re told repeatedly that Dent is a great guy without ever actually seeing him be great. But that’s not the case with the characters in The Batman. You actually SEE Batman’s growing pains , Catwoman’s street smarts on display, Jim Gordon’s undying faith in Batman. The characters are so authentic that you can’t help but be drawn in and root for them."


Michael Cain and Gary Oldman had a tremendous yearning for Gotham and Bruce Wayne. Absolute undying faith that grew with each film. Almost to the point of making the audience cry. You can't say Nolan's films didnt let you SEE while ignoring the fact that you could completely remove Andy Serkis' Alfred from The Batman and it wouldn't change a thing. There was zero connection there. It was just "you're not my father" over and over again. Nothing made you SEE Gordon or Alfred had some undying faith in Batman. There was no story. We are just supposed to believe it as an audience from the get-go. We saw Christian Bale fail numerous times while learning in Batman Begins. Saw his fear. His desire to be accepted. To belong to something.

I just dont understand this revisionist history people are making because they liked The Batman. I liked it too. But the Nolan trilogy, the first two atleast, still hold strong.

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