10 Reasons You’re Wrong About The Dark Knight Rises

7. A Distinct Tone

Batman Begins only made $370 million at the worldwide box office. At a first glance that's impressive (and, given the rut the character was in before, it is), but it's not phenomenal - just enough to get a sequel. Although there's obviously DVD viewings to account for, this means there will have been a sizeable group of The Dark Knight's audience (which helped it make $1.005 billion) who hadn't seen its predecessor. And thus the massive change in visual style and tone - the grime of the Narrows gives way for the sheen of wider Gotham - would have gone unnoticed. There's a similar jump in tone between The Dark Knight and its sequel. This isn't the Heat-inspired crime drama anymore, but a full realisation of revolution. However, as they weren't used to the tonal changes (or had at the very least accepted them retroactively), this slighter switch didn't sit well with some viewers. The elements it added worked in the Gotham Nolan presented, but not the Gotham the audience wanted. The Dark Knight Rises is more bombastic and end-of-days than the second film in the trilogy and thus it won't be as grounded in its logic. There will be flights of fancy (and Bat machines), but that's all part of this particular film.