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Volume 372
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Wednseday, August 1, 2012
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Page 4 of 4
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Of course, these characters were created by strong actors, who allowed them serve an equally strong purpose throughout the trilogy.
The Special Effects
As previously noted, director Chris Nolan knows how to tell a great story on film. But in a superhero film, he was also expected to include some special effects - especially
during the action sequences.
And in all three films, Nolan proved up to the task. The explosions and effects in these movies never felt over-the-top and obnoxious. They were oftentimes more restrained and
powerful than the effects in other, similar, features.
With the bridge explosion in Dark Knight Rises, for instance, the effect wasn't to blow up the bridge in a flashy, Michael Bay style. The explosion was more subtle and clear,
making it far less cartoonish and far more realistic. Such effects helped make the destruction that occurs in all three films more sobering than they would have been, otherwise.
The Completeness
Dark Knight Rises was, unfortunately, Chris Nolan's final Batman film. The director has proclaimed repeatedly that this was his final film
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about the Caped Crusader sand even penned a goodbye letter to the series. In TDKR, that finality was clear. Nolan just wasn't making the film in order to end his partnership with the
franchise; he made it to end his franchise completely.
Without spoiling anything, TDKR focuses a lot on the ideas and characters that were presented in the first film. As noted in our list of facts you should know before seeing TDKR,
seeing Batman Begins and its sequel beforehand is necessary to appreciate the third film for what it is: the final chapter in a well-plotted trilogy.
Not only did Nolan wrap up Batman's story's, he used the final movie to question many of the actions in the earlier films, leaving viewers to remember how well these chapters work
together as a complete series.
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