This post contains spoilers for the 2012 film "The Dark Knight Rises."
Christopher Nolan's 2012 film "The Dark Knight Rises" did a few bold things that few superhero films have the temerity to attempt. For one, "Rises" approached the character of Batman as a symptom of his class. Being immensely wealthy, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) was accused of squandering his wealth in order to become a Batman; the film's villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), noted that being a Batman is a very poor use of one's money when there are public services that could be paid for. When Bane deliberately ruins the Gotham City stock exchange, the audience saw no villainy, but a class revolution.
Even more impressive was the fact that "The Dark Knight Rises" ends the Batman story. Over the course of the film, Batman realizes that punching criminals will solve no major problems, and that he can finally re-process...
Christopher Nolan's 2012 film "The Dark Knight Rises" did a few bold things that few superhero films have the temerity to attempt. For one, "Rises" approached the character of Batman as a symptom of his class. Being immensely wealthy, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) was accused of squandering his wealth in order to become a Batman; the film's villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), noted that being a Batman is a very poor use of one's money when there are public services that could be paid for. When Bane deliberately ruins the Gotham City stock exchange, the audience saw no villainy, but a class revolution.
Even more impressive was the fact that "The Dark Knight Rises" ends the Batman story. Over the course of the film, Batman realizes that punching criminals will solve no major problems, and that he can finally re-process...
- 1/31/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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