Jingle bells Batman smells,
Robin layed an egg,
Batmobile lost it’s wheel,
and the Joker took ballet.
-BATMAN SMELLS, ROBERT GOULET
(Yeah, there are other variations involving the Joker getting away. It defies logic, does the Joker ever get away from Batman? I say no.)
Cast
Christian Bale―Bruce Wayne
Gary Oldman―Commissioner Gor.
Tom Hardy―Bane
Joseph Gordon-Levitt―Blake
Anne Hathaway―Selina
Adam West―Batman
Marion Cotillard―Miranda
Morgan Freeman―Fox
Michael Caine―Alfred
Matthew Modine―Foley
Batman is finally done right, I don’t know why it took so long to release BATMAN FOREVER (1995). I just watched THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Let me say, Christian Bale is no Val Kilmer.
There comes a bittersweet moment at the end of every trilogy’s life, There’s closure, but you and the story must part ways. I remember back in 1990, the day I saw BACK TO THE FUTURE III was the saddest moment of my entire life.
Batman is different than other superheroes, he’s a regular guy, a man of the people. Bruce Wayne is not extraordinary, he’s just a humble, genius billionaire; who literally, crushes his enemies by dumping truck loads of cash on them. Some die from suffocation, others die from the sheer weight of currency destroying their bones and vital organs.
I like this ‘Bane’ character: part ‘Darth Vader’, part ‘Shredder’ from the NINJA TURTLES (which makes sense, with all that time in the sewer). Bane is the best villain in the trilogy. The one who comes closest in defeating Batman. I know I’ve made fun of most of the movies Tom Hardy has been in, but he’s a bit of alright in this picture.
If I ever saw Keanu Reeves at a party, I’d go up to him and say, ‘why can’t you be Christian Bale?’ Bale is so well-suited for the role of Batman and/or Bruce Wayne. Is there anything that guy can’t do?…except a bad movie…whose title isn’t TERMINATOR SALVATION.
David Letterman ruined the ending in his interview with Catherine Hathaway. Jokingly stating ‘…in the end, Batman is dead’. It’s a matter of semantics, but in no uncertain terms, Batman does die in this movie. Or does he?