The Batman's Sequel Tease Proves Nolan's TDKR Joker Argument Wrong
The Batman teases a future team-up between The Riddler and Joker, completely disproving a Christopher Nolan theory from The Dark Knight Rises. After the DC dirge of Batman & Robin, few directors could've revived the Dark Knight's cinematic fortunes quite like Christopher Nolan. Stripping away the bells and whistles to reveal an ultra-realistic urban vigilante, Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy delivered the most grounded, menacing Batman movies yet… until Matt Reeves came along with The Batman.
Reinventing what was originally a DCEU project directed by and starring Ben Affleck, Reeves cast Robert Pattinson as a Year Two Batman for the modern generation and completely overhauled the existing script, adding Riddler — played by Paul Dano — as his main villain. Though neither franchise could be described as cheerful, The Batman's darkness is a different brand of black compared to Nolan's trilogy — less militaristic, more in touch with the «D» of «DC,» and leaning ever-so-slightly toward the psychological portrait stylings of 2019's Joker.
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Inevitably, however, parallels can still be drawn between the Nolan and Reeves eras of Batman. Both peddle a grimmer superhero vision, both strive for a realism Tim Burton and Zack Snyder forsook, and Dano's Riddler embarks on a campaign of guerrilla-style terror rather reminiscent of Heath Ledger's iconic Joker from The Dark Knight. And it's this villainous juxtaposition that recalls — then quickly disproves — a Christopher Nolan comparison between Joker and Riddler.
Christopher Nolan didn't begin working on The Dark Knight with a third movie in mind, but when his Batman sequel premiered to stratospheric success, a
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