Hi, comics and movie lovers.
Now we will discuss why I consider The Dark Knight trilogy to be the cause of the difficulty of DCEU movies to captivate the hearts of the audience. Both DC lovers and new audiences.
It was not realized that 13 years had passed since Batman Begins was released in 2005. So for the newborn in the 2000s, perhaps the Dark Knight Christopher Nolan's trilogy feels it is necessary to be given more references.
X-Men which is a Marvel character that was sold when Marvel experienced financial problems appeared on the big screen in 2000. 20th Century Fox has been the owner of X-Men usage rights since 1994. Many background stories have become inconsequential. The movie is the beginning of the superhero movie trend on the big screen.
True lovers of Marvel comics are spoiled by the appearance of HULK on the big screen in 2003, which was followed by The Incredible Hulk in 2008. Marvel managed to make a bait in each movie by inserting a post-credit scene, which made prospective loyal viewers wait for the next Marvel hero movie. In the post-credit of the Hulk movie scene, Tony Stark aka Ironman appeared to offer help.
In the midst of the vacuum between Hulk and Ironman released in 2008, a TV series appeared which immediately became a boom at that time, the Heroes series in 2006. Only a year since Batman Begins was released. Serial Heroes tells how superhuman live in the real world.
This is the exact same theme as Christopher Nolan's Batman version. In Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, it is told that Batman lived in a realistic world. All the equipment uses the technology that existed at the time, really far from fantasy stories.
Batman in this trilogy is a fighter who can lose, with expensive and sophisticated equipment that can be damaged, and can be hurt and aged. The fighting action which, unfortunately, in my opinion, lacks choreography.
But, that's what happened in reality, right? We more often see fighters in the MMA arena fighting fiercely with emotion, fighting energy and stamina, and forgetting all the martial arts he learned.
The name of the late Heath Ledger became great because of his extraordinary acting as the Joker in The Dark Knight, to the point that I argued, "this is a Joker movie, not a Batman movie!"
In The Dark Knight Rises, we don't see Bane who can become a giant using chemicals like the Batman and Robin movie in 1997. And apparently, all these realistic elements captivate the hearts of all comic lovers both DC and Marvel and even spectators who are not comic lovers.
For true DC lovers, The Dark Knight trilogy is a standard that is difficult to change. To the extent that Superman Returns targeting the women's market is not looked at at all.
They scoffed at Ben Affleck when his name was announced as a new Batman and ridiculed Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad. Not only that, but they also mocked Will Smith as a Dead shot using the visor in the wrong place.
Long story short, DC fans actually have skepticism long before they watch the movie. That's because the realistic image of The Dark Knight Trilogy has already been attached.
Meanwhile, Marvel returned to the big screen with a truly fantasy theme. Starting with The Incredible Hulk and Ironman in 2008, Thor in 2011, and Captain America in 2011. They all gathered at the end of the first phase of the MCU with Avengers in 2012.
So comic lovers who like fantasy themed movies become loyal MCU audience.
In 2013, Man of Steel appeared with a fantasy theme. But the realistic impression that is already attached to the head of Batman's trilogy fans makes this movie less appreciated. Moreover, according to some people, Zack Snyder is a great maker of special effects but is not a good story maker.
In my opinion, I really like Man of Steel and Zack Snyder's Batman version which is portrayed more cruelly. We'll see, because, with the appearance of the Death stroke in the post-credit scene, it looks like this will get better.
I also want to inform you that there will be more superhero stories with realistic settings. That is a combination of Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016) movies. This movie is made by M Night Shyamalan, Glass.
We will discuss later, and see you soon!
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