Everything in the latest episode of Christopher Nolan’s Batman was gigantic, monumental and excessive. He and his team were fully aware of where they had taken the trilogy and did not skimp on epics, actions, human dramas and psychological theses about the hero, his role in society, his causes and consequences, impulses and obligations of him. Almost three hours without any rest which left the spectator exhausted, anchored in his place before a film that has taken the term ‘film show’ to its highest expression, based on power purifying the essence of entertainment without neglecting the implicit drama that has embraced the saga in an exemplary way.
Curiosities about ‘The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises’
1 Hardy’s decision
script? Useless. This is what the good Tom Hardy thought after receiving the call from Christopher Nolan to count on him being the main villain of “The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises”, since He agreed to join the project without reading his script. Obviously, they promised him that he could have access to exclusive training and have the help of a special team of stunts to prepare his character, which in the end was also crucial for him to give the ok.
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Two The cameo that wasn’t there
A year before the release of the film, Christopher Nolan confessed that he was seriously thinking about it combine CGI and deleted scenes of the noble “The Dark Knight” to make Heath Ledger’s unforgettable Joker appear in a short scene in this third installment. However, common sense reigned and he eventually discarded the idea, thinking it was a disrespect for the long-awaited actor.
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3 looking for catwoman
Before Anne Hathaway got the role of Catwoman, a character she wanted so badly to play, several actresses tried to get her. In the first moment, the names that were mixed were those of Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, Kate Mara, Gemma Arterton, Jessica Biel, Blake Lively, Charlotte Riley and Lady Gaga herself. A series of names of what is left three finalists: Biel, Mara and Hathaway, the winner.
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4 the bad
When he decided on a main villain to close his trilogy, Christopher Nolan ended up opting for Bane because he wanted an enemy. that could challenge Batman to a level “both psychological and physical”. Mission accomplished.
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5 without the academy
While it may seem incredible, ‘The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises’ was the only Batman film signed by Christopher Nolan that hasn’t received a single nomination at the Oscars. A sad credit that he shares, in the Batman universe, with “Batman: Mask of the Phantom” and, of course, “Batman and Robin”.
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6 Newton Howard & Zimmer
As happened with ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Dark Knight’, the great James Newton Howard received a call from Christopher Nolan in which the director offered him to compose the soundtrack for this third installment with Hans Zimmer. However, Newton Howard has decided to decline the offer thinking that, after the impressive work done by Zimmer and Nolan in “Inception”, he wouldn’t have much to contribute.
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7 the coveted Cotillard
Christopher Nolan’s desire to have Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate in “The Dark Knight Rises” was so strong that He came to modify the shooting schedule to be able to respect italways taking into account the stages of pregnancy in which the famous French actress was.
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8 without 3D
Although it seems very distant in time, in 2012 the fashion of 3D in blockbusters created in Hollywood was an almost obligatory tribute to pay. However, Christopher Nolan flatly refused to release “The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises”. And it is that, in his opinion, having opted for 3D in this film would have been like missing the visual homogeneity of the trilogysomething really important to him.
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9 change Gotham
In both “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight”, Chicago was the city that became Gotham itself. However, Pittsburgh was where most of the outdoor scenes took place of this third installment, completing the trial later in Los Angeles and New York.
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10 Fourth part?
The feeling is that there is still a long, long, long time before they stop asking their main managers if there will be a new installment with Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale at the helm. If it ever stops happening. In any case, the aforementioned plaintiff confessed this in 2019 the idea of a fourth film was on the table shortly after the premiere from “The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises”. A possibility that completely vanished when Nolan said he flatly refused.asking Bale to automatically follow the same path.
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However, the desired perfection did not exist in a film that did exist the most irregular script of the trilogy. A tremendously unbalanced script that has been complemented by the showmanship factor, an element in which it surpasses its two predecessors. Nolan’s hand to bill insurmountable action scenes is still there, but he slips when it comes to his characters, too many, ignoring some more than necessary and giving others too much prominence.
Has “The Dark Knight Rises” reached the level of “Batman Begins”? No, but it’s close. How about “The Dark Knight”? Not at all, this was a masterpiece. Was the Joker missing? Clearly. Was it disappointing? Slightly. A concluding trilogy that is great cinema, great at times, less profound than it seems and majestic as it claims.
Source: E Cartelera
