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wish less/no romance

posted 7 years ago by ADBruno1985 (3579)
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I mean, it was nice to see him move on from Rachel years later, and not spend his entire life brooding over one woman.

It's just that it all felt a little forced and rushed for plot convenience to me.

The Miranda/Talia thing, felt like it was just there to offer a romantic buffer, time-wise, between Rachel and whoever he'd actually end up with. And it felt like it only happened because "Here's another swell who wants to help the less fortunate," which I get, but it still seems off, he couldn't really be with anyone, truly, without letting them know about Batman. And then her reveal as Talia, and he jumps to Selina. That also felt forced, like they just wanted to give him romance and of course, it had to be someone who "got" him.

Nothing wrong with the performances, all three were great, just felt like the script glossed over the romance a bit by shoving two new relationships for him in one film without having the proper time to develop either as well as they did with Rachel.

Plus I feel like romance in general is over-used as a plot. After the Talia reveal, I'd have been happy if he swore off romance and then he and Selina were just partners as their alter-egos or something, though I guess that'd have given Selina less reason to go around the world for him.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Just about everything in the movie was glossed over and/or forced. The script really needed a heavy revision by someone more objective, a NON-Nolan. Interstellar needed that too (and that one also badly needed a science advisor, Kip Thorne didn't assist in that specific capacity... Even Guardians of the Galaxy had a science advisor).

[–] ArmadilloKnight (456) 7 years ago

Indeed. I still think it was a great conclusion, but it could have been much better and much less convoluted had they ditched the whole Talia thing and just made Bane the sole villain.

[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

I liked Batman Begins the most out of the Nolan trilogy, at least in part because the romance angle was minimized.

[–] TheUltimateHippo (2250) 7 years ago

They weren't forced and they made perfect sense. Talia just wanted to build up Bruce's hopes only to tear him down when he was at his weakest and Selina wanted to move on with a fresh start which is what Bruce wanted also. Plus Selina proved that there was more to her when she came back to help Bruce save the city. TDKR is one of the greatest films ever made and Nolan is hands down the greatest filmmaker ever made, it's just sad that there is a small group of sad, pathetic, ignorant haters.