(Aug. 05, 2012 5:35 PM)Syncrystal Wrote: I seen this and the first thing that came to mind was;
Nolan never cared much about Origin stories for villains, he didn't use some form of tragedy to explain Dr. Crane's psychosis, but I suppose Bane is a different case to the Joker? I mean why tell us about Banes past? This sounds nit-picky though what else is there to be said? I didn't care much for the romantic cliche. But otherwise it isn't a bad movie in the least bit.
A lot of the Dark Knight canon is drawn from elements of the real Batman canon. I am no expert on Batman canon, but from what I have learned so far, Bane's "real" story outside of the Drak Knight trilogy is similar to the one in the movie, but not exact. Besides, the whole "romantic" part of it gives Bane some form of self-justification and a sense of humanity to the audience. He is not just some random freak of nature, but rather a loyal yet incredibly misguided and violent protector to a long time companion.
(Aug. 05, 2012 4:37 PM)BeybladeStation Wrote: (Aug. 04, 2012 11:48 PM)Serotonin Wrote: She's never referred to as Catwoman in the movie, though. It's irrelevant whether she looks like a cat or not. I think one of the strengths of the trilogy is its realism: it deliberately avoids goofy comicbook tropes by portraying what a real, feasible superhero would be like.
Saw this a few weeks ago and it was mindblowingly good. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
I believe it was because the focus was more on how the alter-ego and the real character changed, rather focusing more on the villain.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think she was referred to the likeness of a cat at least once in the film. They either called her, "like a cat", "the cat" or I have just a bad memory, haha
I have to agree with the both of you. Selena is not an anti-hero, but nor is she one of the good guys. She has, and always will be, the representation of the "gray area" that exists in between good and evil. And the most likely reason she wasn't directly stated to be the "catwomen" was to give her, as stated, as less comic book-like feel to her, to make her a more believable character, as well to set her apart from the many psychopathic villains whose secret identities and targets of obsessions become their own poison. Dark Knight's Catwomen is not obsessed with Cats, which is a quality that I prefer for her character. It is very similar to how Bruce Wayne is not in love with bats: both motifs are just symbols for what their alter-egos do or plan on doing, unlike characters like Joker, whose identity and persona is literally his whole psychopathic world.