Christopher Nolan said that, when rewatching this movie, he was surprised at the momentum of the film. It grabs you right from the get go and pulls you straight through to the end like a freight train. Wholeheartedly agree! I also watched this one and Batman begins recently and it was impressive to see how much he improved as a filmmaker from the first film to the second. (Not that the first is bad)
@@augustkellerwrites Let me explain the whole movie to you The plot Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont begin a relationship after meeting while Bruce visits his parents' grave and Andrea visits her mother's. During this time, Bruce makes his first attempts at crime-fighting. He foils a truck hijacking dressed in a ski-mask and common clothes but is disappointed that the criminals were not scared of him. Bruce becomes conflicted about how to honor his parents; whether to defend Gotham City to avenge their deaths, or to settle down and marry like they wished. Bruce proposes marriage to Andrea, who accepts. However, she abruptly leaves Gotham with her father, businessman Carl Beaumont, ending the engagement in a Dear John letter. Heartbroken, Bruce assumes the mantle of Batman. Ten years later, Chuckie Sol proposes flooding Gotham with counterfeit money, but is thwarted by Batman. When Sol tries to escape in his car, the Phantasm, a masked vigilante resembling the Grim Reaper, attacks him. Sol attempts to kill the assailant with his car, but the Phantasm dodges it and Sol careens to his death. Witnesses see Batman at the scene and believe him to have killed Sol. City councilman Arthur Reeves, once a lawyer for Carl Beaumont, vows to have Batman arrested.The Phantasm murders another gangster, Buzz Bronski, in the Gotham Cemetery. Bronski's bodyguards mistakenly believe the Phantasm to be Batman. Batman investigates the scene of Bronski's death and encounters Andrea, inadvertently revealing his identity to her. Batman finds evidence linking Carl Beaumont with Sol, Bronski, and a third gangster, Salvatore Valestra, later finding a photograph of the four together in Valestra's home. Paranoid that Batman will come for him next, the now-elderly Valestra asks Reeves for help but is refused. In doing so, Valestra reveals he illegally aided Reeves in his political career. In desperation, Valestra turns to the Joker. The Phantasm goes to kill Valestra at his penthouse, only to find Valestra already killed by Joker venom. Joker booby-trapped the place expecting to kill Batman with a bomb, but sees through a camera that Batman is not the killer. The Phantasm escapes the blast and is pursued by Batman but disappears. The police attempt to ambush Batman, but he is saved by Andrea. Andrea later explains to Bruce that her father embezzled money from Valestra and was forced to flee to Europe to find a way to repay it. What Andrea later realized is that Valestra wanted "payment in blood". While Bruce considers resuming his relationship with Andrea, he concludes that Carl Beaumont is the Phantasm. However, Bruce takes another look at the photo. He recognizes Valestra's unnamed enforcer as the Joker prior to his transformation. The Joker reveals to Reeves that Batman did not commit the murders, and accuses Reeves of targeting him to erase his mob connections. Reeves is exposed to Joker venom; albeit a weakened dose as Joker was interrupted. Later hospitalized, Reeves struggles with hysteria. Batman interrogates Reeves, and he confesses that while previously working as Carl's lawyer, he helped the Beaumonts escape. When he ran out of money during his first run for office, he sold out their location to Valestra. Reeves failed to realize that Valestra wanted Carl dead. Both Batman and the Joker deduce that the Phantasm is Andrea, and that her final target is Carl's killer: the Joker. Andrea tracks down the Joker to his hideout in Gotham's abandoned World's Fair. They fight but are interrupted by Batman. Batman pleads with her to stop, to no avail. The Joker prepares to destroy the fair but is seized by Andrea, who bids Bruce goodbye as the explosives detonate. Bruce survives the blast but finds no trace of either Andrea or the Joker. Alfred later consoles Bruce in the Batcave, assuring him that Andrea could not have been helped, before finding Andrea's locket containing a picture of them together. On a cruise ship sorrowful Andrea departs Gotham and a saddened Batman, cleared of accusations against him, resumes crimefighting.
I think the dark knight is a great Christopher Nolan film. But something about it just doesn't feel like a batman movie. Me preferably, I think that The Batman is a better Batman and comic book movie overall and did the best job at capturing the essence of gotham amd batman.❤
@augustkellerwrites in a way, Yes. Gotham needs to feel like it needs a batman and I just personally think that the grit and dirt of the it is portrayed in The Batman makes for a better comic look and feel than a crime thriller like Nolan did.
Christopher Nolan said that, when rewatching this movie, he was surprised at the momentum of the film. It grabs you right from the get go and pulls you straight through to the end like a freight train. Wholeheartedly agree!
I also watched this one and Batman begins recently and it was impressive to see how much he improved as a filmmaker from the first film to the second. (Not that the first is bad)
Totally!
I love Batman Begins (and think it’s kinda underrated actually), but TDK is just something else.
@@augustkellerwrites totally agree with you, very underrated!
Best of the Nolan Batman films, I think. I don't care much for superheroes, but Dark Knight knows a thing or two about the art of cinema.
I can’t argue with that!
I personally love Inception and Memento but there’s a lot of great arguments for TDK being the best.
The best part of Christopher Nolan's trilogy, and Christian Bale is the best "Batman" in the history of "DC" comics book adaptations ! 🦇🔥🔥🔥
Imo, it’s the best superhero movie ever
This is a masterpiece of a superhero film.
Agreed! To me, it’s the best superhero movie there is.
Great review and retrospective! I never thought much about it but you definitely right about how iconic the Joker costume is in this film.
Thanks! And I’m glad you agree!
I remember being so hyped when they released stills of the Joker ha
Absolute masterpiece of a film indeed
I’m glad you agree. It’s probably the most memorable movie-going experience of my life.
This is a great movie but Batman Mask of the Phantasm 1993 is my favorite Batman movie
I haven’t seen that but I hear it’s good. Care to share what you like about it?
@@augustkellerwrites This movie shows the origin of Bruce Wayne and how he becomes Batman
@@AmirVAshum do you think that’s done better than how they depicted his origins in Batman Begins?
@@augustkellerwrites Let me explain the whole movie to you
The plot
Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont begin a relationship after meeting while Bruce visits his parents' grave and Andrea visits her mother's. During this time, Bruce makes his first attempts at crime-fighting. He foils a truck hijacking dressed in a ski-mask and common clothes but is disappointed that the criminals were not scared of him. Bruce becomes conflicted about how to honor his parents; whether to defend Gotham City to avenge their deaths, or to settle down and marry like they wished. Bruce proposes marriage to Andrea, who accepts. However, she abruptly leaves Gotham with her father, businessman Carl Beaumont, ending the engagement in a Dear John letter. Heartbroken, Bruce assumes the mantle of Batman.
Ten years later, Chuckie Sol proposes flooding Gotham with counterfeit money, but is thwarted by Batman. When Sol tries to escape in his car, the Phantasm, a masked vigilante resembling the Grim Reaper, attacks him. Sol attempts to kill the assailant with his car, but the Phantasm dodges it and Sol careens to his death. Witnesses see Batman at the scene and believe him to have killed Sol. City councilman Arthur Reeves, once a lawyer for Carl Beaumont, vows to have Batman arrested.The Phantasm murders another gangster, Buzz Bronski, in the Gotham Cemetery. Bronski's bodyguards mistakenly believe the Phantasm to be Batman. Batman investigates the scene of Bronski's death and encounters Andrea, inadvertently revealing his identity to her. Batman finds evidence linking Carl Beaumont with Sol, Bronski, and a third gangster, Salvatore Valestra, later finding a photograph of the four together in Valestra's home. Paranoid that Batman will come for him next, the now-elderly Valestra asks Reeves for help but is refused. In doing so, Valestra reveals he illegally aided Reeves in his political career. In desperation, Valestra turns to the Joker.
The Phantasm goes to kill Valestra at his penthouse, only to find Valestra already killed by Joker venom. Joker booby-trapped the place expecting to kill Batman with a bomb, but sees through a camera that Batman is not the killer. The Phantasm escapes the blast and is pursued by Batman but disappears. The police attempt to ambush Batman, but he is saved by Andrea. Andrea later explains to Bruce that her father embezzled money from Valestra and was forced to flee to Europe to find a way to repay it. What Andrea later realized is that Valestra wanted "payment in blood". While Bruce considers resuming his relationship with Andrea, he concludes that Carl Beaumont is the Phantasm. However, Bruce takes another look at the photo. He recognizes Valestra's unnamed enforcer as the Joker prior to his transformation.
The Joker reveals to Reeves that Batman did not commit the murders, and accuses Reeves of targeting him to erase his mob connections. Reeves is exposed to Joker venom; albeit a weakened dose as Joker was interrupted. Later hospitalized, Reeves struggles with hysteria. Batman interrogates Reeves, and he confesses that while previously working as Carl's lawyer, he helped the Beaumonts escape. When he ran out of money during his first run for office, he sold out their location to Valestra. Reeves failed to realize that Valestra wanted Carl dead. Both Batman and the Joker deduce that the Phantasm is Andrea, and that her final target is Carl's killer: the Joker.
Andrea tracks down the Joker to his hideout in Gotham's abandoned World's Fair. They fight but are interrupted by Batman. Batman pleads with her to stop, to no avail. The Joker prepares to destroy the fair but is seized by Andrea, who bids Bruce goodbye as the explosives detonate. Bruce survives the blast but finds no trace of either Andrea or the Joker.
Alfred later consoles Bruce in the Batcave, assuring him that Andrea could not have been helped, before finding Andrea's locket containing a picture of them together. On a cruise ship sorrowful Andrea departs Gotham and a saddened Batman, cleared of accusations against him, resumes crimefighting.
I think the dark knight is a great Christopher Nolan film. But something about it just doesn't feel like a batman movie. Me preferably, I think that The Batman is a better Batman and comic book movie overall and did the best job at capturing the essence of gotham amd batman.❤
Interesting. Do you think the grittiness is just truer to Batman? The Batman definitely feels dirtier (in a good way ha).
@augustkellerwrites in a way, Yes. Gotham needs to feel like it needs a batman and I just personally think that the grit and dirt of the it is portrayed in The Batman makes for a better comic look and feel than a crime thriller like Nolan did.
@@chris_is_gone5799 fair take. Thanks for sharing!
@@augustkellerwrites of course! Keep up the great work!
@@chris_is_gone5799 thanks! 🙏🏼
I have to watch this one
Oh man! Ya, I agree that you should watch it!