Dark Knight Rises - questions answered, but left me scratching my head?
The Dark Knight Rises Review
Well the Dark Knight has Risen and it's time to review the The Bat, The Cat and The Bane, we can now stop speculating about the last installment of the Dark Knight Trilogy. But Nolan left me scratching my head with the twist and turns at the end of the story. Lets recap our previous questions with answers...
1) A Tale of Two Cities?
As Christ said, "there is no greater love than a man lay down his life for his friend". Nolan gives us a bit of a twist by both characters sacrificing their lives. Both Bruce and Batman lay down their lives for Gotham.
As Christ said, "there is no greater love than a man lay down his life for his friend". Nolan gives us a bit of a twist by both characters sacrificing their lives. Both Bruce and Batman lay down their lives for Gotham.
RISES RECAP 1
1) The "normal" life Bruce has given up to be Batman
2) Does he or someone else have to die in order to preserve the symbol or legend that is Batman?
3) Is there another tragedy in his life like loosing Rachel?
2) Does he or someone else have to die in order to preserve the symbol or legend that is Batman?
3) Is there another tragedy in his life like loosing Rachel?
I would have to say all the above happened in the course of this movie. Because of Batman he believes he can't live a normal life. Both Batman and Bruce Wayne die to preserve the legend. Yes the tragedy is he falls for another women who ends up tearing him apart, but literally this time.
Now where Nolan left me scratching my head was at the end. Is Bruce done with Batman, are they just going to live happily in Paris? So you're telling me he's going to come back from chinese rope torture (pardon the pun), neutron bombs and saving the city to simply live out his last days in Paris sipping tea with Selina and Alfred?
Who will train Blake? Who is he, we never see what's exactly in the bag? Is he Robin doing a solo act, or is he the next Batman or Night wing, or will there be another dynamic duo? So you're telling me a city cop with no training is simply going to come in and fill Bruce's shoes? Bruce was trained by the League, Blake may not spend his time at Duncan Donuts but he's not ready to take on whatever new crime may arise from the ashes Bane and Talia have left in Gotham.
Or does this simply mean Nolan was done with the Dark Knight series and ready to do another series with Batman and Robin? Again more questions than answers for a supposed wrap up to a series. Don't get me wrong, the ending was breath taking as I thought Bruce was dead, but left us with too many questions, which almost feels like the last Spiderman.
Or does this simply mean Nolan was done with the Dark Knight series and ready to do another series with Batman and Robin? Again more questions than answers for a supposed wrap up to a series. Don't get me wrong, the ending was breath taking as I thought Bruce was dead, but left us with too many questions, which almost feels like the last Spiderman.
2) Does Batman get broken by Bane?
Yes and no. The Fire Rises and then it simply retires to Paris?
RISES RECAP 2
Questions:1) So is that Bruce climbing out of the Pit in the trailers?2) Is his back healed by using the pit thus making him ready to rise to defeat Bane? 3) Bane knows who Batman is as he calls him by name in their encounter in the sewer.4) It appears Bruce is easily defeated by Bane as some point or at this encounter. Bane simply grabs one of Bruce's punches thrown at him... that ain't good!
Ok, this whole plot twist left me scratching my head too.
1) Wayne can't walk to start the movie, then all of a sudden with a few magic knee braces he's taking out multiple bad guys once again.
1) Wayne can't walk to start the movie, then all of a sudden with a few magic knee braces he's taking out multiple bad guys once again.
2) After all these years he's not going to take Alfred's advice and simply let him walk out? Not to mention we never see Cane again until the end, bad idea in my opinion.
3) Bruce is going to be stupid enough to take on Bane in a fist fight after seeing how ferocious a fighter he is? Oh, by the way, if you're spinal cord is severed you ain't walking ever again.
4) Bane's going to fly him to a hole in the ground and leave him with cable tv, where the ghost of Rhaz tells him what we think is the whole plot to the story, and not to mention how does Bruce get back to Gotham, with his frequent flier miles?
Again, more head scratching plot holes. I almost would have rather seen the Lazarus pit and another show stopping performance by Liam. In Nolan's attempt to "keep it real" he left to many head scratching plot holes.
3) Does Batman die or retire?
So is Bruce collecting on Alfred's retirement since he is broke and dead?
RISES RECAP 3
OK, I see the tale of two cities somewhat, but he kills off both Bruce Wayne and Batman? Which leaves me to question the idea of Blake as the next Batman. Batman can fight, but remember he was also supported by state of the art technology via Wayne Enterprises. Now that Wayne Enterprise is gone who will supply the technology for the next Batman or Robin? Again begging the question, Wayne was smiling in Paris, but what does the future hold for the next protector of Gotham and is this only a semi retirement? Will he rise from the dead again as in Batman Begins? So yes the movie left us with a sigh of relief, but still asking what's next?
4) Who is John Blake, the next Batman or Nightwing?Levitt has the classic Dick Grayson, i.e. Robin look, but who is he?
RISES RECAP 4
This was all correct in assuming Blake was stepping into the role of the next protector of Gotham, but in what context? Will he fill the role of Batman for a while, Nightwing, Robin, does Bruce return? Nolan could then title the first movie in his next trilogy Batman and Robin Begins. We can only hope we'll see this cast together again possibly bringing Gotham back from the ashes much like the No Man's Land series?
To recap, it was an exciting 3 hour ride but with a climax that left me with more questions than answers. Can a man who gives a city everything he has simply pack up and leave it? Can a former Gotham police officer fill the shoes of Batman with no training? Why would a man like Bane who had compassion on a child simply treat others as animals to be killed for failing him?
Nolan took us on an exciting ride during the Dark Knight Trilogy. But I still felt he left us with more closure at the end of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight than he did with Rises. Rises had so many plot holes and twist and turns it left me with more questions than closure.
BACK AT THE BATCAVE...I've read some recent speculations on the Rises ending. It appears Nolan could have left us guessing with this ending. Some fans are speculating the scene with Alfred is not real and Bruce is dead? All the symbols at the end are simply the legend of Batman living on in other aspects such as Gordon's light, Blake's stepping into the Batcave, and Lucious having hope maybe Bruce is alive because the guidance system was working? Guess time will tell...
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