Realistic/gritty does not always have to mean melodramatic and self-absorbed. Watchmen was gritty as hell but it was still comfortable being a comic book movie. TDKR could have easily been 1/4th shorter.
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I'm not saying Nolan is a bad film maker, but he's pretty average. Anyone can make a spectacle out of anything with 250 million dollars. Without the excellent casting, this film would have flopped. I just don't see how people can sit through 10 minutes of 4th grade level monologue and still take these things seriously. They are relatively shitty movies and it's glaringly obvious that Nolan thinks he's making some kind of profound statement on the human condition. Christ almighty. It's about a guy who dresses up as a Bat.
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I'm not saying Nolan is a bad film maker, but he's pretty average. Anyone can make a spectacle out of anything with 250 million dollars. Without the excellent casting, this film would have flopped. I just don't see how people can sit through 10 minutes of 4th grade level monologue and still take these things seriously. They are relatively shitty movies and it's glaringly obvious that Nolan thinks he's making some kind of profound statement on the human condition. Christ almighty. It's about a guy who dresses up as a Bat.