Christopher Nolan offers masterful response to The Batman question
Nov. 9, 2023He’s right and he should say it
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Christopher Nolan gave an impressive non-response to being asked if he’s seenThe Batman.
“If I start talking about comic book movies, that would be the only thing anybody pays any attention to in the article,” Nolan toldVariety. He’s right and he should say it.
Nolan helmed The Dark Knight trilogy, consisting of Batman Begins,The Dark Knight, andThe Dark Knight Rises. The darker, grittier take on the Caped Crusader was quite the departure from the goofier, campier portrayals a la Tim Burton and even Adam West’s 1960s Batman series, and would go on to change comic book movies as we know them.
After a few years of Batfleck and the Justice League, a darker take on Batman surfaced once again, this time from director Matt Reeves. While it’s easy to compare the two, both depictions of Batman and Gotham are masterful in their own rights. Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne is a tortured recluse who still wants to save Gotham from the villains who control it, while Christian Bale’s portrayal is more of a straight-up suave debonair action hero who leans into the playboy lifestyle. Both iterations succeed, and both directors haven’t really felt the need to comment on each other’s work.
Nolan recently helmed the historical summer blockbusterOppenheimer, which made nearly a billion at the global box office and starred an A-list ensemble cast.
“It’s clear from the box office that audiences are looking for things they haven’t seen before,” Nolan told Variety, speaking on the film’s success. “We’ve been through a period where it was wonderfully reassuring for studio executives to feel that their franchise properties could go on forever and be predictably successful. But you can’t deny filmgoers’ desire for novelty.”
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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