![]() ![]() Take Hathaway, the closest thing we have to a modern-day camp master, as Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. Whether intentional or not, the camp in the film is notorious and, occasionally, a highlight in an otherwise gloomy and needlessly convoluted story. But take a closer look at The Dark Knight Rises, and you can tell the camp is there. Nolan seems like the kind of director who would consider “camp” an insult to his prestige and hyperrealistic brand of filmmaking. The words “camp” and “Christopher Nolan” don’t seem to fit in the same sentence. That’s supposedly his happy ending, but how can he, or we, for that matter, be happy when it’s clear that everyone involved with the movie is happiest when the Caped Crusader is out and about? Wait, is this supposed to be camp? Image via Warner Bros. The Dark Knight Rises features Bruce at his blandest, which isn’t great for a film that’s supposed to encourage its audience to root for Bruce, especially considering it ends (really old spoiler) with him abandoning Batman for good. Every second Bale spends out of the cowl is torture for him and us, and we can tell he’s counting the seconds until he can put it back on. Because Nolan doesn’t find Bruce appealing, the audience doesn’t either. Bruce’s scenes are uncomfortable and slow, there to allow for Batman’s eventual return. With Batman out of the game for the movie’s first act, Nolan gets saddled with a character he simply doesn’t find interesting, and we can tell. Nowhere is this clearer than in The Dark Knight Rises. And Bruce can choke, for all Nolan and Bale care. All his intent and attention go to playing Batman, injecting the masked hero with genuine complexity and nuance. In keeping with this approach, Christian Bale plays Bruce as a stiff and charmless bystander, a suit that somehow learned how to walk. It portrays him as a prop, nothing more than a character played by the genuine persona, Batman, the brooding hunter that stalks criminals at night. The Dark Knight trilogy is an insult to Bruce Wayne in nearly every way possible. Nolan wasn’t the first to toy with the Bruce-is-the-mask idea, but he was the one to exploit it to its fullest - and ugliest. The man is as important as the Bat, and failing to see this is a blatant misinterpretation of the character. 1 enemyīatman and the city: depictions of Gotham from The Dark Knight to Gotham Knights Who is the best Joker ever? We rank all the actors who have played Batman’s No. ![]()
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