The Dark Knight Rises - Detailed Analysis & Review
Adam David CollingsEpisode Description
We've come to the end of our analysis of the Dark Knight Trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises. Can this one live up to the awesomeness that the previous two movies were? Where does this movie work and where does it not? Let's dig in and talk about how this trilogy ends.
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TranscriptWelcome to Nerd Heaven.
I’m Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars.
And I am a nerd.
This is episode 94 of the podcast.
Today we’re talking about the movie The Dark Knight Rises.
The description on IMDB reads
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.
The screenplay was written by Jonathan Nolan and Christpher Nolan
The story was by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer.
It was directed by Christopher Nolan
And it first released on the 16th of July 2012.
Once again, I hired this on DVD when it came out, and only saw it once. But I own the complete trilogy on Blu-ray now.
The movie starts with Commissioner Gordon praising Harvey Dent at his funeral. Doing just what Batman told him to do. As hard as that is for him.
That ties us into the end of the previous movie. Then we’re straight to the new plot.
It’s a hostage situation.
Bane is introduced as a mercenary. A masked man.
It’s a terrifying interrogation, the way they’re threatening these people, but not actually killing them.
He wants to know, who is Bane? This guy is looking for him.
It turns out one of them IS Bane.
Now my first introduction to Bane was the game Batman Arkham Asylum. In that game, he’s this big monstrous creature powered by the venom serum. Basically DC’s answer to the Hulk.
When I heard Bane was going to be the primary villain of this movie I was surprised. How can a big mutated monster fit in with this serious realistic Batman?
I was surprised to see when he appeared, that he was just some bloke, but he’s got this weird metal mask around his mouth.
No explanation is given for this odd facial decoration when he’s introduced.
But he does say that nobody cared about him until he put on the mask.
And I have to say, his voice doesn’t at all match what I would expect to hear coming out of someone who looks like this.
He’s got this happy-go-lucky English accent.
Sounds like it could be quite high-pitched but it’s distorted by the mask.
Without any explanation, this mask is just really distracting and odd.
Bane crashes the plane. He’s stealing blood from one of their bodies.
This is all a pretty impressive sequence to look at, but it’s very disorienting.
Who are all these people? What do they mean to each other? None of it is clear.
Bane Leaves one of his own behind, so a body can be found in the wreckage. And the guy doesn’t even object. What hold does he have over them they’d so readily die for him? Spoiler alert - we’ll never find out.
Even after seeing the whole movie, looking back it still wasn’t entirely clear what this scene was all about? They abduct Doctor Pavel and fake his death. That’ll be important later. But what’s with the blood?
Back in Gotham, we learn about Harvey Dent day. A new public holiday.
The city has undergone a historic turnaround. Gotham is without organised crime. For the first time in forever. A real difference has been made. It’s nice to know that Bruce was right. Gotham has been rehabilitated. He’s proven Ra’s Al Ghul wrong.
There’s some talking about repealing the dent act, which gave police the power to act, but no real details on what they meant.
And some talking about how Batman murdered Dent.
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