The Batman Is The Perfect Version of Nolan's Dark Knight Hero Line
Warning! SPOILERS for The Batman.
Matt Reeves' The Batman's iteration of the Caped Crusader serves as the perfect embodiment of the final hero line from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Robert Pattinson's first appearance as Batman saw him take to the streets of Gotham as the titular vigilante in a quest to catch and stop Paul Dano's Riddler. This crusade sees him expose a conspiracy that rocks the city to its core, and it also unlocks a part of the Wayne family's past, too — making The Batman a film that addresses both Batman's own morality and the wider issues that plague its version of Gotham City.
While Robert Pattinson's Batman differs greatly from Bale's, he seemingly embodies the famous line: "he is a hero — not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed." The line was delivered in the final moments of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which sees Christian Bale's Batman take the blame for a number of murders and the death of Harvey Dent in order to protect the former DA's legacy. The Batman's story is something of a throwback to this line, creating an even more perfect example of exactly what it means.
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By having the vigilante fail to save Gotham in The Batman, he doesn't entirely deliver on his promise to protect the city. However, as Catwoman explains at the end of the movie, The Batman's Gotham City simply doesn't deserve to be saved. Riddler's plan exposes a vein of corruption that permeates every layer of Gotham's society, and Batman is helpless to stop that, too — even when it exposes his father's apparent role in the criminal conspiracy. With such widespread and pervasive corruption, Batman failing to prevent
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