10 Things About The Dark Knight Trilogy That Have Aged Poorly

10 Things About The Dark Knight Trilogy That Have Aged Poorly

The Dark Knight trilogy is one of the most famous sets of movies ever, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t safe from flaws that don’t age well.

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There is no way anybody can deny that Christopher Nolan crafted one of the most influential series of comic book movies ever made. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are considered iconic classics and even The Dark Knight Rises has its fair share of fans that love it equally as much as the first two.

However, nothing is immune to the effects of time and The Dark Knight trilogy is no different. Within all three films are flaws that fans either might not have noticed or simply chose to ignore. That shows the legacy of this fine trilogy when even the fans are willing to overlook the shortcomings.

The Poor Use Of Scarecrow

In Batman Begins, Scarecrow starts off as a perfectly grounded villain portrayed by Cillian Murphy that led to a few iconic encounters, proving to be a great baddie with just his mind and toxin; that is until the reveal that he works for Ra’s Al Ghul. From there, Scarecrow was thrown onto the back burner only to be taken out by Rachel in the climax.

In The Dark Knight, Scarecrow was limited to a brief role at the beginning for Batman to take down, a fine role to have but could have been used better, especially in a Joker-centric story. Finally, in The Dark Knight Rises, his cameo as a judge in the Bane-controlled Gotham City feels so lackluster, it could have gone to any random criminal. Looking back, it feels like a missed opportunity.

Rachel Was A Toxic Character

At first, Rachel’s biggest problem is that she’s not that memorable but things got worse, starting with the end of Batman Begins. Rachel kisses Bruce Wayne only to tell him that they can’t be together until there is no more Batman, a bit of a slap in the face to Bruce.

Rachel then gets romantically involved with Harvey Dent only to toy with Bruce’s feelings on the side. She could have easily just told Bruce to let go now that she’s with Harvey but she constantly enabled him to keep fighting for her affections. Even though she is featured in some of The Dark Knight trilogy’s most intense scenes, Rachel herself is not the greatest of characters.

The Batman Voice

At this point, Christian Bale’s Batman voice has become infamous. In Batman Begins, Bale featured two different Batman voices while wearing the cowl: one for communication and the other for intimidation. The balance of the two voices worked for Batman Begins, especially with the iconic “I’m Batman” line.

In both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale seemed to completely ditch the softer, raspy voice Batman would use to speak to people with. Instead, all that remained was the super growly that has had endless parodies on social media and even other DC projects. The voice works for interrogation scenes easily but when Batman is just talking, it gets a little silly.

Batman’s Constricting Suits

An actor can understand the assignment just fine but sometimes the costume betrays them. Christian Bale knew how to fight as Batman, which was even shown in movies such as Equilibrium. However, Christian Bale was always forced to wear suits that kept him from moving properly.

Even the so-called upgraded suit in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, while better, still kept Bale from the full extent of his fighting abilities. Considering Batman is supposed to be one of the best fighters of the DC universe, it’s a shame Bale wasn’t able to ever 100% showcase this.

The Pacing Of The Dark Knight Rises

The final chapter of The Dark Knight trilogy suffers from inconsistent pacing. Some events are spent way too much time on while others go by so quickly that it becomes jarring. For example, when Bane takes over Gotham City, months seemingly pass but the editing makes it seem as if only days have passed.

In the first half, so much time is spent on reintroducing Bruce Wayne into society that it gets dull quickly. Bruce Wayne doesn’t even suit up as Batman until nearly the halfway mark. Then when Bruce Wayne escapes the pit, the film cuts to him already inside Gotham City instead of showing how he infiltrated a city under maximum lockdown.

The Bat

The Dark Knight Rises introduced the Nolanverse version of the famous Batwing known simply as The Bat. This is another bit of infamy seeing how not only did many fans find the design to be unappealing but it was mocked when even an officer of the military shot down the design for its impracticality.

It’s a shame because, between the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod, The Dark Knight movies had excelled with the iconic Batman vehicles. The Bat is big, bulky, and comes across as just ugly in comparison to other cinematic incarnations of the famous Bat-vehicle.

How Did Batman Escape The Explosion?

The ending of The Dark Knight Rises does a wonderful job setting up Joseph Gordon Levitt’s John Blake as the new Batman. However, it also establishes that Bruce Wayne is miraculously alive and retired with Selina Kyle. Though it is a happy ending, it presents a hole in the story.

When did Batman have the time to escape? The Dark Knight Rises even shows Batman piloting the Bat with the nuclear bomb into the bay. There was never a time when it stopped or slowed down for him to escape. So his surprise appearance at the end not only doesn’t make sense but lessens the impact of his sacrifice.

Talia’s Backwards Motivation

Nobody believed that Marion Cotillard was simply Miranda Tate. The character’s inclusion was so forced into the plot that it was obvious to most that she was Talia Al Ghul, one of Batman’s most famous femme fatales. Unfortunately, when she reveals her true identity to Batman as well as her reasons for putting Gotham under chaos, it’s a bit head-scratching.

Talia despises her father for what he did to her and Bane but yet she wants to finish what he started and get revenge on Batman. It’s a rather contrived motivation that doesn’t come across well in The Dark Knight Rises.

Batman’s Magic Knees

There have been a lot of debates about the realism of Batman’s spine injury healing but there is an even more egregious injury that he recovers from. It is established early in The Dark Knight Rises that Bruce has lost all cartilage in his knees, forcing him to wear a special brace to help him walk.

However, this only proves to be a temporary problem since, in the last third of the movie, Batman is back in action just fine. Cartilage does not just grow back, at least not without the help of a surgeon. Realism in a comic book movie is not usually something to complain about, however, it’s also a matter of an entire subplot being just erased for convenience, making the inclusion of the knee problem superfluous.

The Ending Of The Dark Knight

Killing off Two-Face after Aaron Eckhart barely had a chance to shine aside, the ending in which Batman has to go on the run is a bit forced. Batman says it’s to take the fall of Harvey Dent so none of his work is undone. However, it is the very first idea that Batman jumps to when there are other options.

They could have said that the Joker forced Harvey Dent to commit those crimes or that Dent fell to his death trying to save Gordon’s family. In the end, Batman taking the blame just feels like an easy cop-out for Batman to exploit so he has a reason to retire.

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