Nolan’s "Dark Knight Trilogy" is different from previous heroic comic movies. It focuses on Bruce Wayne’s personal growth and experience, describing his inner struggles, conflicts with social laws, and most importantly. -How to balance the dual identities of Bruce Wayne and Batman.
As the beginning of this series of movies, Batman: Begins tries to show the whole process of Bruce Wayne's growth into Batman, from the first time he was frightened by a bat, to the unbearable fear of himself caused by the bat drama, and he went ahead with his parents. After leaving the field, his parents were indirectly shot to death. The fear that the bat brought to Bruce Wayne was not only the creature itself, but also a sense of self-blame and guilt. On the road of growth, Bruce Wayne experienced years of cowardice and hesitation, and he was hesitant about whether to kill the murderer with his own hands. The bladed murderer could not dismantle all the hatred, let alone be taken first; when Rachel showed him the Gotham Dungeon-the city is truly sinful, dark and gang-ridden, Bruce Wayne really began to work hard for it. Set up a vision for yourself—to eliminate evil and fight criminals.
The difference between Batman and other comics and movies is that Batman’s vision is his own self-publishing. He is very clear about the responsibilities he has to bear after putting on this cloak. He has hesitated, felt helpless, and thought about it. Give up, but he finally chose to persist. Persisting in the need to go through various hardships, he chose to go to Tibet to seek the truth. The Shadow Alliance accepted Bruce Wayne, and Bruce was willing to be one of them at first, because the two had something in common at the beginning: fighting crime. It's just that for this goal, the Shadow Alliance would rather break all the shackles, disintegrate the entire social system, or even allow the city to fully experience the series of goals of rebirth, but it cannot be accepted by Bruce Wayne. As the "son of the city", he grew up in this city since he was a child. This city is the effort of the Wayne family, helping orphans, building transportation, and creating jobs. The whole city has been integrated with the Wayne family. He can't watch his own The city has thus completed a process of "from chaos to great governance", and the cost of this process is expensive. Bruce Wayne's original intention was only to fight criminals. He did this, and he persisted even more. So we saw the conflict between him and the Shadow Alliance and the many clashes between the two. As an ever-existing opponent, the existence of the Shadow Alliance urged Bruce Wayne not to relax his own training. The Shadow Alliance has cultivated a best for himself. Difficult opponents until the last minute.
When Bruce Wayne successfully overcomes his physical fear of bats, he needs to overcome an even greater difficulty: the fear of the guilt he carries. When he chose to put on a bat suit and fight evil in the dark as a masked rider, he was trying to overcome his own guilt in this way, and wanted to obtain self-liberation in this way. Batman doesn’t need a gun, and Batman doesn’t even kill. Although his parents were shot and he witnessed all of this; but this experience also allowed Batman to abide by his principle: everyone can be saved. The whole city can be saved.
In The Dark Knight, Joker's appearance is intended to stimulate Batman to break this principle. As a sequel, The Dark Knight can be included in the ranks of the best sequel movies in history, and this film brings this series and even the entire hero comic movie to a new level. The character setting in this film is very similar to the 1995 film The Heat. The wits of the pros and cons were ups and downs, and various calculations were dizzying. As an anarchist, Joker does not have any rules. He robs banks, hijacks gangs, and establishes groups. These have no completely accurate purpose, so that in that wonderful interrogation room conversation, Joker can triumphantly confront Batman. Say, You complete me! Joker showed Bruce Wayne his own limitations, the darkest side of the city-the darkness of human nature. Bruce Wayne tried to use Batman to exercise justice and make the whole city calm and orderly, but he couldn't change the darkness in people's hearts, let alone understand other people's true thoughts. When Bruce Wayne said "Batman has no limits.", Alfred told him, but you do, sir. Naturally, Batman can be unconstrained and support justice according to his own rules, but Bruce Wayne, as an ordinary person, cannot get rid of his own shackles. He will also get old, he will also get sick, and he has to endure this split personality. Life in two different worlds, day and night. Batman has no holidays or weekends. The pressure he carries comes from his commitment to himself, and such a commitment is almost the limit of the body and spirit. The existence of Joker is the biggest challenge to Bruce Wayne's mental stress resistance, and Joker almost succeeded. At the end of the film, Alfred burned the refusal letter that Rachel wrote to Bruce, because the old butler knew that Rachel was Bruce Wayne. As an ordinary person, the only mental motivation left was the loss of his girlfriend, the loss of help and the inability to find him in Bruce Wayne. When continuing to bear Batman's motivation, that rejection letter may be the last straw that squeezed his nerves. With the help of Alfred, Bruce Wayne dragged his exhausted body, although at a loss, he continued to fulfill his promise. Batman needs to find a substitute in the social system. This substitute can do what Batman can do in a legal way. Harvey Dent is very close to this standard, but he just fell short in the end. Harvey Dent is the most tragic character in this film. He appears as a "Knight of Light" and fights criminals as the legal guardian of the city. The purpose of all this is to gain the love of his girlfriend; Harvey Dent almost It succeeded. With the joint efforts of him, Sheriff Gordon, and Batman, the largest gang in the city was wiped out, and the order of the entire city seemed to be coming. Only at this time, no one expected Joker's huge energy. Little by little, Joker revealed the ugliest and darkest side of the city. He is a complete terrorist. He does not pursue profit, and he does not pursue any conditions that can be compromised. He just wants Everyone in this city shows his essence, which is his greatest pleasure. It's just such "fun", but it almost caused the whole city to fall into disorder and panic. In the second half of the film, the people on the two ships are conducting large-scale human behavior experiments: what Joker hopes to see is the most selfish aspect of human nature. This completely self-acting way will make His plan was a complete success; Bruce What Wayne hopes is that human beings can preserve their morality and compassion and do good, which is what he is fighting for. The final choice gave Batman the motivation to continue to exist and laid the foundation for the ending of the film. When the injured Harvey Dent shouted "Why it's me that lost everything?" like a beast, Gotham's former Bright Knight and Batman's best replacement was finally pulled off by Joker. I don't intend to blame Harvey Dent for his choice. After all, when a person is in the double whammy of career and life, and his future is bleak, he is very likely to lose control of himself. Harvey is not Bruce Wayne. He has not experienced the painful memory of Wayne. In the face of a huge blow, he chose to return to chance. When the "justice" under social standards no longer suits Harvey Dent, he chooses to practice this "justice" in his own way, and such practice no longer takes into account the social cost. I don’t know what Batman was thinking in his heart when he finally fell to the double-faced man; it’s just that I think there may be a little regret. If Joker is resolved earlier (in fact, it’s impossible), Harvey Dent won’t. Fallen, and Rachel will not die of disaster. The ultimate goal of all this behavior is to force Batman to abandon his own rules, and all this is designed only for him. When Dent, he chose to practice this "justice" in his own way, and such practice no longer considered the social cost. I don’t know what Batman was thinking in his heart when he finally fell to the double-faced man; it’s just that I think there may be a little regret. If Joker is resolved earlier (in fact, it’s impossible), Harvey Dent won’t. Fallen, and Rachel will not die of disaster. The ultimate goal of all this behavior is to force Batman to abandon his own rules, and all this is designed only for him. When Dent, he chose to practice this "justice" in his own way, and such practice no longer considered the social cost. I don’t know what Batman was thinking in his heart when he finally fell to the double-faced man; but I think there may be a little regret. If Joker is resolved earlier (in fact, it’s impossible), Harvey Dent won’t. Fallen, and Rachel will not die of disaster. The ultimate goal of all this behavior is to force Batman to abandon his own rules, and all this is designed only for him.
The Dark Knight finally ended with Batman's choice to sacrifice his reputation in exchange for social stability. This is the original intention of The Dark Knight: Batman cannot exist as a legal person, and only Bruce Wayne can exist in this way; although The entire city pinned its hopes on Batman's heroic justice, but he is a deviant non-enforcer after all. What Batman can do is to protect the city in the dark and show up "in time" when people need help (although this takes some luck); Batman’s inner individual is an ordinary person, he will also make mistakes, he He will also trust others, and he will even mix some personal emotions in the handling of the incident. These factors have been verified in The Dark Knight Rises.
In the second year that Bruce Wayne became Batman, he encountered the most difficult enemy in his life-Joker; although he struggled and finally defeated his opponent, Bruce Wayne paid a physical and mental price, and he lost Rachel, this Several factors contributed to Bruce Wayne's 8 years of seclusion. In these 8 years, under the Harvey Dent Act and the efforts of Sheriff Gordon, the whole city has spent 8 peaceful years; in these 8 years, there is no Batman and no Bruce Wayne. If this continues, maybe one day Bruce Wayne will choose to give up his Batman identity-because he is aging, but also because he has physical and psychological injuries. He tried to use the time to expel the blame for Rachel's death, he tried to give up the other side of his existence as Batman, but all this was interrupted with the arrival of Bane. Bane’s character setting is different from that of Joker. Bane has his own plan, his own ideas and ways of doing things. Bane is a leader-like character. His speech is extremely provocative. His physical training is better than Bruce Wayne, and his speed is better. Faster and more powerful. However, Bane is not a physically enhanced version of Joker. No one can match Joker at this point of madness, because Joker is a completely unruly person; Bane comes from the Shadow League, and what he does is what the Shadow League thinks. The goal achieved-completely rebuild the entire city, even at the expense of the present. What Bane and Bruce Wayne have in common is that they are both extremely strict with themselves, they are big things, so they both know when to endure and when to break out. From this point of view, Bane and Bruce Wayne may still have some sympathy. In the first half of the film, Bane was able to predict the enemy first, because he was in the dark at that time, and he already had a comprehensive understanding of Batman, and even knew that it was Bruce Wayne himself. In Bane's entire plan, knocking down Bruce Wayne is only part of this plan, and in that environment, he has full confidence; and defeating Bruce Wayne is equivalent to destroying Batman. So I was putting Bruce After Wayne discounts, Bane can publicly implement all his plans, and he can also appear brightly throughout the city-because now, he is the master of the city. Like many turbulent countries today, although Bane's slogan is "Return the government to the people", because he controls the city's most threatening weapon, this "popularly elected" regime is still very fragile. First, the city has experienced disorderly robbery. People can freely choose their residences and freely dispose of all their property. Under these conditions, the city no longer has order; secondly, although there is an elected court in the city, there is no penalty imposed by the judge. According to the basis, the executioner was also Bane’s subordinate, and the judge was actually Bane’s puppet; then, when the vehicles carrying nuclear bombs patrolled the city, the residents of the city seemed to be free, but in fact they were hostages. The price of resistance may be the death of everyone. Under such distorted "freedom", most people choose to stay at home and wait for the final death sentence of those who are waiting.
Until this time, Batman's rise again will be full of meaning-when the whole city loses hope, people will naturally recall the guardians of the past, and it is natural that Batman will become the spiritual sustenance of some people, because they do not Believe that they can change all of this, they hope that someone will lead everyone out of the predicament. So at the end of the film, the police and bandits are fighting on the streets. At first, both sides are at a halt, but no one is willing to fire first; until Batman ignites the fuse, this large-scale melee does not really begin. The protagonists of this melee are still Batman and Bane; as the leaders of their respective camps, the ultimate battle between the two will largely determine the direction of the entire city. After Bruce Wayne, who has experienced imprisonment, has re-emerged, he has truly surpassed himself; when Bane looks at the reborn Batman from past experience, the end of the battle may have been doomed. In the first contest, Batman couldn't figure out Bane's weakness, so he was passive everywhere; in the second contest, Batman mastered Bane's weakness, so he was more confident. After hitting Bane’s face mask for the first time, Bane cast a series of punches angrily, but failed to hit Batman’s vitals; and Batman survived this wave of torrential rains and accounted for the ultimate battle between the two sides. To the upper hand. It’s just that if it ends in this way, it’s impossible to hold up this series of heavy story lines, so we saw Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter appear in a special way—just in this 164-minute historical feature film, The processing of this section is slightly weak, which gives the whole plot a feeling of "turning down". Perhaps this final chapter of Batman will be launched in an extended version, in which the story can be explained in more detail.
The tragic ending of Batman is doomed from the beginning of this series: At the end of Batman: Begins, Rachel stated that if Bruce can return to a normal life, he can be together (in fact, impossible); in The Dark Knight, Joker broke the secret. Batman is a freak like him. They are people who are afraid to avoid. When the society is no longer full of evil, Batman will become the biggest enemy of this system; so in The Dark Knight In the story of Rises, we saw a scene where the police regarded Batman as a major enemy, and would rather let Bane go to surround Batman and try to capture him alive. Even if he defeats Bane, Batman is still a "deviant" intolerable by the current system. Although everyone will be grateful for his contribution to the city, a living Batman will make everyone sleepless. Because if you have a slight violation of the law, maybe you can only pray that Batman will not come to your door immediately. The mayor, prosecutor, and police are all exceptions, and in the near future, maybe they will be Batman’s enemies. ——If Bruce Wayne sticks to his belief in fighting crime to the end. As reflected in this last movie, Batman has no intention to change the social order that can be maintained at present, and has no intention to overthrow it (Bane is the opposite), so Batman must sacrifice himself and become a "dark knight" legend and society A symbol of justice, only in this way can Batman achieve compromise and unity with the current social order.
In The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne talked about "The way I am talking about inspiring people is not like this (other people appearing as Batman)". How to motivate the people? Bruce Wayne once found the answer in Harvey Dent, but the answer is sad and heartache; in this series of stories, Bruce Wayne overcomes one by one his weaknesses: self-blame for the murder of his parents, fear of bats, and The challenge of his own limit, the regret for not being able to save Rachel; it can be said that the pain Bruce Wayne endured is proportional to his seemingly beautiful bat suit. When Batman gradually became the patron saint of the city, Bruce Wayne's own suffering, especially the spirit The level of torture is even closer. He needs to stay healthy, he needs to exercise his body to fight aging, he needs to find a suitable replacement, and he needs to bear the troubles of dual identities. When the police were trapped in underground fortifications, and when the whole city was covered by nuclear bomb suspicion, Bruce Wayne almost tried his best to fight his own limit. Selina Kyle once begged Batman to abandon the city and walk away with her, but Batman was behind Bruce Wayne could not give up his promise to the city. At the end of the film, when Batman is driving The Bat and flying out to sea with a nuclear bomb, Bruce Wayne's only relief is that he can lay down his responsibilities and burdens as Batman no matter what, regardless of life or death, he will not need to bear Batman. And the pressure of the Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne fulfilled his original promise-it's just that Rachel could never come back.
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