While there have now been several iterations of the Batman franchise, Christopher Nolan’s gritty reboot trilogy easily stands as the most influential and complete. After the failure of Batman & Robin suggested a dour future for Gotham City’s caped crusader, Batman Begins was able to tell an interesting origin story that solidified Chrisitan Bale in the role of Bruce Wayne.
While he has many strong qualities as a writer, Nolan has frequently struggled to develop strong female characters. Wasting an actress of Cotillard’s acclaim was particularly disappointing, especially since she had done much better work with her villainous role in Inception. Talia has a rich backstory in the Batman comics, and could have easily been one of the franchise’s best villains.
Maroni’s relatively minor role in The Dark Knight is disappointing, as Eric Roberts is a talented actor who deserved better material. Anyone who has seen his haunting performance in the Bob Fosse classic Star 80 knows he is capable of playing a manipulative and shady character; unfortunately, Roberts was negated to the background in The Dark Knight.
Batman Begins ignores the interesting comic book history of Falcone, one of the rare Batman antagonists that doesn’t have any supernatural abilities. Thankfully, John Turturro was given the opportunity to play a more well-developed version of Falcone when the character appeared as a primary antagonist in Matt Reeves’ The Batman.
The Dark Knight trilogy wasted an opportunity to bring back Hauer for the sequels, as it would have been interesting to see his reaction to the events of both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. While the trilogy certainly has its moments of spectacle, the subplots detailing the corporate espionage within Wayne Enterprises is easily its most underwhelming subplot.
2 Gambol Played by Michael Jai White Nolan rarely fails to assemble impressive casts, and often manages to cast talented actors in smaller roles. Michael Jai White is an accomplished action star with many cult films on his resume, but the gangster Gambol is one of The Dark Knight trilogy’s least imposing villains. Gambol thinks that he’s among the most feared men in Gotham City, but he’s easily embarrassed and defeated by the Joker.
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