7. Realism?
All I keep hearing about is how Nolans Batman franchise is grittier and more realistic than any other Batman movie. Whats realistic about Nolans Batman? On paper Batman is a ridiculous concept, and Nolans franchise has tried to take Batman out of the fantastical and put him on said paper; What would happen if a Dark Knight existed in our world? Heres whatd happen: Bruce Wayne dons the Batsuit and hits Gotham to fight crime. About half an hour into the night, hes shot dead and robbed by a crack-cocaine addict whos so addled by the drug that hes completely lost the capacity to feel fear. The end. When you strip the fantastical away from Batman, youre just left with a guy in a silly costume trying to fight crime and there's nothing gritty at all about that. Nolans Batman, to me, just feels like an average-joe hero, and not a very smart or athletic one at that; hed have done just as well in a balaclava and as he did in the cape and cowl.