![]() ![]() Even the most gifted editor has to work with what he’s been provided, and The Riddler and Two-Face are just too goofy and cartoonish. My main problem, though, not so much with this edit as with the original film, is that no amount of editing could ever salvage the two antagonists. This is, of course, by no means the editor’s fault, but unfortunately there are also a few more choppy cuts here and there, like when Dick Grayson saves that woman from the hands of a street gang. Unfortunately, the aforementioned deleted scenes were never properly released by the studio and, as a result, the difference in video and audio quality between scenes is more than visible. Chase Meridian a crucial role to play other than being a mere love interest. The color desaturation gives the film some noir (instead of the original neon/pop) feeling which is more than welcome, and the same goes for the restoration of the deleted scenes back to the film, giving Bruce Wayne a sentimental, psychological journey into his darkest memories and Dr. * Running hero silhouettes cut from the end.Ī valiant, albeit flawed, effort to fix a highly problematic film that was tainted by WB studios interference, as usual. * “It never ends” deleted scene added to the end. * The villains don’t play Battleship as Batman and Robin head for their * Batman doesn’t give Gordon a thumbs up while in the Batwing. * Giant bat and red book revelation deleted scene added and altered, of * Riddler’s tiny bombs explode on contact. * “Go to her” and “I’ve never been in love before” lines removed. * Batman bashing News report deleted scene added and altered. * News report explaining Two Face’s origin has been shortened. * Batman’s leap over machine guns at the Ritz Gotham is seen in two * Dick talking to the 4 R&B girls has been cut * Dick’s pain deleted scene added and altered. * Dick’s family death scene has new music that drowns out the sound. * Gordon doesn’t say “definitely suicide”, which made him look like an * Security guard doesn’t whine along to Goldentthal’s music score. * Two Face’s cackling and joking cut down to a minimum. It's easy to see how the current generation of Batman storytellers were all influenced by Nolan's work – particularly The Dark Knight.* New opening credit sequence (Red Forever logo) using Arkham deleted Since Nolan made The Dark Knight, Batman and DC Comics stories as a whole have been much freer about marrying sophisticated art and comic book pulp into a fine brew (see: DC Black Label). More to the point: The Dark Knight is one of the best Batman stories, of any medium, to truly get the character and his deepest themes – and then, offer audiences outcomes and messages that were far from the black/white, good/evil divide of classic comic books (and their movie adaptations). The Dark Knight isn't just a Batman movie: it's one of the better pieces of crime-thriller cinema ever made, with one of the best villain performances of any film, period (Heath Ledger's Joker). Nolan's Batman movie masterpiece is still the best of the bunch. That slow-burn success allowed Nolan the chance to come back and blow the entire world away with his second Batman film. However, the strength of Nolan's vision and a traditional superhero boss battle with the third act twist helped a bigger mainstream audience discover and appreciate the film on home video. Katie Holmes remains one of the bigger examples of miscasting in superhero movies (hence why she was recast later), and Bale's Batman voice and stiff-neck suit were also in need of improvement.īatman Begins' non-linear storytelling in its first act, and "grounded, real-world" vision of Batman threw a lot of viewers when it hit theaters ($373.7M worldwide on a $150M budget). ![]() Like Burton before him, no one really expected great things of a Nolan Batman film – and few were pleased when the English director assembled a mostly UK cast of actors (Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson) to play iconic DC Comics characters. Pictures)Ĭhristopher Nolan stepped into the dead husk of the Batman movie franchise as a relatively unknown indie movie director with an eccentric storytelling signature. ![]()
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