The Dark Knight Trilogy Was Not A ‘Gritty’ Reboot
Dark, gritty, and more grounded, those are the characteristics most people are likely to name when describing Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, and yet the meaning behind the second of those words is often lost when judging those three films, regardless of whether that’s done to compare Batman to other superheroes or not.
The word gritty started to adopt its current meaning by the late 19th century when it started being used to describe “a literary style that was rough and coarse”, however, that has transformed into the “realistic and raw” description that might as well make the word a synonym for “grounded”. Without diving too deep into the linguistics that pertain to Batman, it’s really hard to call Nolan’s aspired realism a “rough and course” film in any way whatsoever, which is probably a key component that led to its massive success.
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Batman Begins’ immediate “gritty successor” was none other than James Bond, another glorious hero from the 60s who much like Bruce Wayne descended towards borderline ridicule after Batman & Robin and Die Another Day resulted in one of the biggest busts each franchise had ever seen. It’s no secret Paul Haggis had Batman Begins on his mind when writing Casino Royale going as far as to say they wanted to do for 007 what that movie did for Batman, nevertheless, both movies’ ending show that those attempts were initially planned as part of a largely streamlined and carefully planned story.
After all, Batman Begins wraps up with the card-shaped warning sign that the Joker is coming and Casino Royale’s ending was designed to tie directly into its sequel as Bond struggled to cope with Vesper's betrayal and death.
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