The third and final in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy hits theatres Summer 2012, and I like what I'm seeing so far. Part of me is really, really glad that they're ending this with a third film. Having grown up with Star Wars and Back to the Future, one thing I learned is that it's best to end a film franchise as a trilogy. Besides, last time a Batman film went to a fourth, we got & Robin, a name that still sends shudders down the spines of Batman geeks.
But what really gets me is how they're really playing up that this the last one in this particular tale of Batman. Shouldn't be too surprised, though. As they pointed out in a recent Cracked.com article, there really is only one reason why you'd want to use Bane in a Batman movie.
I think I blogged before that before that Bane was on my shortlist of villains I really wanted to see in this next Batman film. Bane fits in with Christopher Nolan's realistic take on Batman quite nicely, especially if they go with the animated series interpretation: a superstrong South American hitman brought in by the mob to settle the Batman problem once and for all.
And besides, Bane really needs to be done justice. One thing folks forget is that Bane is super-smart. In his first appearance, the legendary Knighfall storyline, he successfully determined Batman's true identity and set about to thoroughly destroy Batman. And it really looks like that's what we're going with in this film.
Still scratching my head trying to figure out how Catwoman figures into all this. But what Selina Kyle whispers into Bruce Wayne's ear has me intrigued. And with the references to Commissioner Gordon being a "war hero, but we're not at war," is really starting to make think that Gotham City has been lulled into a false sense of security. One thing that's already been confirmed is that this takes place 8 years after The Dark Knight. Who knows how kind the past 8 years have been to Batman?
I'm going to throw in the latest poster now, just so I have a kick-ass thumbnail when I post this to all the social networking sites I'll be plugging this blog entry on.
All in all, with all the references to this being "The final adventure" and "The legend ends," I'm starting to think that this might be the closest we'll get to a cinematic rendition of The Dark Knight Returns...Batman's final adventure before he retires, dies in action, and/or takes his war on crime to the next level.
How will things end for the Dark Knight? We'll find out on July 20.
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