Really stupid. It's not something that a sane person takes seriously.
If you're really determined to look at it with a straight face, the only way to do it is to take the Batman out of Batman.
Enter Chris Nolan, the last man in the world you'd ever want to go for a pint with.
Can you imagine? Has he ever cracked a smile, let alone a joke? What constitutes pleasure for a man like that? I've never met him, but I can only imagine that he would be hard, hard work.
Why did he take on Batman as a franchise? He clearly doesn't like Batman. It's beneath him. A children's story stuffed with whimsy, melodrama and camp. That's not Chris Nolan. No sir.
So how does he handle something so juvenile, so hackneyed, so daft? He lobotomises it. He chops out the Batman bit of the film's brain. And I think TDKR is begging for a pillow over the face.
Here are a few telltale signs that TDKR is ashamed of everything that is Batman.
1) Batman hates himself. His car doesn't look like it has anything to do with Batman. His upside-down helicopter doesn't look like it has anything to do with Batman (or helicopters). His costume has a barely-there bat symbol that looks like it was traced by the same guy who styles John Waters' moustache. Because who wears a big dumb picture of a bat on his chest? Oh yeah. Batman.
2) Gotham city is just New York. Or Chicago. Or wherever else it was shot. It looks exactly like several modern American cities. Hooray for realism! Now if we can just get rid of that guy in the silly costume and the cape...
3) Catwoman isn't Catwoman. Because that would be stupid. Nobody calls her Catwoman, and she only has a recognisable silhouette thanks to a design quirk of her pointless goggles. And her bosoms, I guess.
4) Bane is lame. He can't be a roid-raging superhuman. Oh no. Not real enough. So instead he's just a very large man with a gift for punching. The one eventuality Batman never planned for! Somebody bigger than him. Idiot.
I'm not complaining about the crummy filmmaking (the godawful fight choreography, the gaping plot holes, the half-arsed, abortive Robin subplot). But I can't help but think that Batman just got in the way of whatever film Nolan really wanted to make.
The guy just can't stand to look stupid. And Batman is very stupid indeed. But I'd rather spend time with Batman than Chris Nolan.
If you're really determined to look at it with a straight face, the only way to do it is to take the Batman out of Batman.
Enter Chris Nolan, the last man in the world you'd ever want to go for a pint with.
Can you imagine? Has he ever cracked a smile, let alone a joke? What constitutes pleasure for a man like that? I've never met him, but I can only imagine that he would be hard, hard work.
Why did he take on Batman as a franchise? He clearly doesn't like Batman. It's beneath him. A children's story stuffed with whimsy, melodrama and camp. That's not Chris Nolan. No sir.
So how does he handle something so juvenile, so hackneyed, so daft? He lobotomises it. He chops out the Batman bit of the film's brain. And I think TDKR is begging for a pillow over the face.
Here are a few telltale signs that TDKR is ashamed of everything that is Batman.
1) Batman hates himself. His car doesn't look like it has anything to do with Batman. His upside-down helicopter doesn't look like it has anything to do with Batman (or helicopters). His costume has a barely-there bat symbol that looks like it was traced by the same guy who styles John Waters' moustache. Because who wears a big dumb picture of a bat on his chest? Oh yeah. Batman.
2) Gotham city is just New York. Or Chicago. Or wherever else it was shot. It looks exactly like several modern American cities. Hooray for realism! Now if we can just get rid of that guy in the silly costume and the cape...
3) Catwoman isn't Catwoman. Because that would be stupid. Nobody calls her Catwoman, and she only has a recognisable silhouette thanks to a design quirk of her pointless goggles. And her bosoms, I guess.
4) Bane is lame. He can't be a roid-raging superhuman. Oh no. Not real enough. So instead he's just a very large man with a gift for punching. The one eventuality Batman never planned for! Somebody bigger than him. Idiot.
I'm not complaining about the crummy filmmaking (the godawful fight choreography, the gaping plot holes, the half-arsed, abortive Robin subplot). But I can't help but think that Batman just got in the way of whatever film Nolan really wanted to make.
The guy just can't stand to look stupid. And Batman is very stupid indeed. But I'd rather spend time with Batman than Chris Nolan.
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