(This post contains a lot of spoilers. Anyways, if you haven't watched The Dark Knight Rises yet, surely you have been doing something more worthwhile than reading this stupid post. So there.)
A
high five to you if you too think that BBC Sherlock’s one of the best dialogue
, “Heroes don't exist, and if they did, I wouldn't be one of them.” was
inspired from this quote from The Dark Knight, “You either die a hero or you
live long enough to see yourself become the villain”. If you even thought
likewise, then you understand that that was the power of The Dark Knight.
It’s
not future yet. But somehow I don’t see any dialogue or philosophy from The
Dark Knight Rises, acquire such a cult status.
Now
that I am privileged with hindsight, it somehow appears to me that the two
other movies of this trilogy were made to complement The Dark Knight. That was
certainly going to be the case with TDKR as it came later and what came earlier
was nothing short of an epic, but even with The Batman Begins, it appears to me
as if it was made so that we can understand Batman/Bruce Wayne and consequently
Joker’s psyche better. Through The Batman Begins, Chris Nolan was preparing
that solid ground on which he was going to construct the enduring philosophy
called Dark Knight. The Dark Knight Returns brilliantly continues the Batman
saga. About the philosophy, I am not entirely sure.
Frankly,
for me the only sequence in the entire TDKR movie which could lay a genuine
claim to be held in the same breath as TDK was the prison scenes. I felt
something inside me churn when that doctor told Bruce Wayne to climb out like
that girl did. Without the ropes. Now, sorry for digressing, but if you have
watched Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, the adventure sport I liked best in it was
Bull Racing. No trainers, no life saving equipments and No ropes. Facing the
fear of death actually knowing you can die. I have done Bungee
Jumping. I thought that was the fear of death. But this scene made me realize
that wasn’t. TDKR had this one scene of such realization. TDK on the other hand, had many.
Finally,
don’t get me wrong. You can literally meet millions of people out there who
found hyper-hyped “The Avengers” ball-freezingly awesome. And the good movie
that it still was, it doesn’t hold even a matchstick let alone a candle in
front of The Dark Knight Rises. Yes, it is that good a movie. Just that The
Dark Knight was more than a movie. That is where TDKR falls short. Rather, that
is where it doesn’t go that big.
P.S –
Frankly, The Dark Knight shouldn’t ever be compared to any superhero movie. It
is not fair. On them.
P.P.S-
So, my Nolan hierarchy has been modified to following.
The
Prestige> The Dark Knight > The Batman Begins ≈ The Dark Knight
Rises > Doodlebug >Inception>Following>Insomnia.
Yes,
I haven’t seen Memento. Shoot me for that. But first go and shoot that person
who recounted Memento scene by scene to me on one fateful night. (Said in Deewar style).
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