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The forgettable one in the trilogy.


I like the film but this is the one with the least memorable scenes. I don't really recall an epic action scene.

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I agree with this, but it's still an amazing film. When I first saw Batman Begins I never thought I would see a better Batman movie, then The Dark Knight came out and I thought the same thing, the The Dark Knight Rises came out. But of course Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice completely ruined this good trend we had going, LOL as soon as Nolan is out of the directors chair it just falls flat on it's face.

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Or it's the only good Batman movie that got made in the last 15 years.

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Why don't you like the sequels?

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The editing.

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The first one has the same editing too though, don't you think? Personally, I think every movie Nolan did after Insomnia has those issues.

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Oh I hate Nolan as a filmmaker. Even when he's putting something beautiful on screen, you never get a chance to look at it.

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This was the best of the trilogy.

The train chase at the end was a great action scene.

So was the police chase scene when he had Katie Cruise in the car.

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As I said, it's forgettable. I don't remember any of that.

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Yeah, it just sort of exists. Dark Knight was awesome and Dark Knight Rises was pretty bad. This one is lost in the shuffle in that it wasn't bad but wasn't all that great, either.

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I liked them all but this one is such a blur.

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Yeah, the only one scene I remember most is the Tumbler scene when Bruce Wayne said, "Does it come in black?"

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That's the only one I vaguely remember. And I think it's because they show it in the trailer.

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Also the Tumbler totally stole the show. People may have divided opinions about it but as a Batmobile it really was revolutionary. Before it, every Batmobiles were always just another iteration or variation of Burton's. How Nolan came up with the design was also fascinating.

Here is a terrific documentary of every Batmobiles ever made up to the Tumbler:
https://youtu.be/EqB96KNK9r8
Check it out. It's really a good watch.

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My favourite is the Tim Burton era. I like the Tumbler but it seems more military to me.

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That's the idea. It was concieved by mashing Hummer and fighter jet toys. It's in the docu, check it out. At least, it was new and DIFFERENT than countless other Burton-esque Batmobiles. I like Burton's too, but I also like new and exciting things instead of just yet another iteration of the same thing over and over again.

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Burton/Keaton nailed it.

If we're talking EVERY Batman movie, my ranking would more likely go:

Batman Returns
Batman
Mask of the Phantasm
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Batman: The Movie (POW! SOCK! BAM!)
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Forever
Batman and Robin

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I like The Dark Knight the best, but the Button movies are best in terms of a true adaptation of the Batman universe

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I'm not sure you can adapt the comics "truthfully" since there are so many of them.

Burton gave us a bang-on version of that '80s/'90s era with the comic book world that was balanced with psychological realism and angst. My favourite run on Batman was the Moench/Jones era (just after Knightfall), and I think Burton's close to that. It's fun, it's brooding, it's atmospheric, and it's not afraid to have Batman with exaggerated ears and cape. It knows it's taking itself seriously. It's got that zen balance... That's what I love about 'em.

But Batman Begins is pretty close to the look and feel of Year One. It expands the mythos outside of that book, but it's certainly got the Miller vibe.

Whereas, if you're an avid reader of '50s Batman, the Adam West/ Burt Ward caper of the Caped Crusader is your jam. It's "accurate" if you're reading Batman at the right time.

I can certainly respect putting The Dark Knight at the top. It's a really fine film.

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Tonnes of memorable stuff...

When Wayne first stands in the cave and bats surround him and he inhales deeply, willing his way through terror...
"Now there are two..." the first time Wayne is in quasi-Batman mode and meets Gordon.
The tumbler's escape
The cloud of summoned bats (granted, lifted from Miller's Year One)
The fight at the docks
Batman as a fear-toxin bat-demon
Gordon drives the tumbler
"SWEAR TO ME!" and the whole interrogation of Flass (the only time I actually liked Bale's bat-voice...)

I found this one to be the tightest plotting in the Dark Knight trilogy. I liked its story and themes the best. The Dark Knight was a little messy - plotting-wise - although its themes were great, too, and Ledger was (of course) dynamite. Batman Begins, though, gave me more of a sense of "Gotham". The mob bar where Bruce meets Falcone, for instance. The Narrows drip with atmosphere. The other two it's like, "Oh, look, Batman moved to Gotham". And maybe that reflects the city cleaning up, but it could be gleaming Gothic. It could still have atmosphere and personality, for crying out loud.

The only thing I have against Batman Begins, really, is Katie Holmes, who turns in a "meh" performance.

So, for me:
#1 Batman Begins
#2 The Dark Knight
#3 The Dark Knight Rises (which I did not like)

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As I said, it's the least memorable one. I don't remember most of that. However, I did say that I don't remember an action scene. I vaguely remember one happening in the middle olof the film.

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Least memorable, yeah I can agree with that. As long as you're not implying it's the worst one.

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I WOULD SAY THAT...EASILY MY LEAST FAVORITE OF THE TRILOGY...BUT THEN THIS TRILOGY IS MY SECOND FAVORITE BATMAN SERIES...KEATON/KILMER/CLOONEY>BALE.

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Funny, it's the most memorable to me. The scene where he's got Flass upside down and interrogating was the truest Batman scene in movie history. Sucks you don't remember it.

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Nope, the best superhero move ever made.

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