9. What Next?
Despite Warner Bros. insisting on announcing a Batman reboot before TDKR was even released, it feels it would be in everyones interest to take a step back, appreciate what weve got and not rush headlong into an unnecessary reboot. From Warners point of view a reboot is a no-brainer, especially when a Spider-Man reboot that came 10 or so years after the original showed that audiences will lap up whatever is put in front of them so long as the names are recognisable and the characters are familiar. Now theres nothing wrong with the idea of a reboot, but this is Batman. Not only is he a beloved character but a game-changing trilogy has just been made about that character, one unlike anything before it, lets just appreciate that for a moment. Yes people did go to The Amazing Spider-Man in their droves, but the build up wasnt exciting, the whole thing wasnt an event and the outcome was pretty mediocre, theres no need for Batman to go the same way. Relative to TDK and TDKR the anticipation for Batman Begins was minimal, the excitement was saved for coming out of the cinema. Now everyone has their own experiences but upon leaving the cinema after seeing Batman Begins for the first time the excitement was palpable, it was one of the few experiences Ive had of reaching that level of excitement at the cinema. Now full disclosure, Im not a Batman guy, but I was as excited as the next person on the lead up to The Dark Knight, just as you should be when a proper, flagpole, summer blockbuster is approaching. Just like crowds would have been leading up to The Godfather Part II or The Empire Strikes Back, people should be excited to see these movies. The point here is, sure, make your reboot, but wait a while, get the right script, the right director and the right cast and do it right, dont rush it to make a quick buck, make a film that upon release isnt met with well, it wasnt as good the Christopher Nolan Batman films.