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Batman: 6 characters Christopher Nolan’s movies got right

By Joe Anthony Myrick

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: Film goers watch The Dark Knight featuring Heath Ledger during a public tribute outdoor movie night to the late actor at Burswood Park on February 12, 2011 in Perth, Australia. Australian actor Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in the movie The Dark Knight. Ledger died from an accidental toxic combination of prescription drugs on January 22, 2008. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: Film goers watch The Dark Knight featuring Heath Ledger during a public tribute outdoor movie night to the late actor at Burswood Park on February 12, 2011 in Perth, Australia. Australian actor Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in the movie The Dark Knight. Ledger died from an accidental toxic combination of prescription drugs on January 22, 2008. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) /
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MADRID, SPAIN – JULY 16: Actor Liam Neeson attends ‘Venganza Bajo Cero’ photocall at the Villamagna Hotel on July 16, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) /

While not all of The Dark Knight trilogy was perfect, we can’t deny that Christopher Nolan got these Batman characters very, very right.

Christopher Nolan, through the means of the Dark Knight trilogy, was able to successfully spin a sub-genre of superhero comic book movies that often was previously a niche art and turn it into a billion dollar investment. This was mostly due in part to how he took the medium and its material seriously in ways that had been unprecedented in Hollywood up to this point, with a star-studded cast of Oscar nominated/winning actors no less.

Both casual audiences and die-hard comic book fans appreciated his efforts, though as much as we love the trilogy, there are still some things which some of us are quick to criticize. I mean, most of us are still hung up on the whole “Robin” thing, right?

Nonetheless, the positives vastly outweigh the negatives and Nolan did an ample job at caring for characters. Speaking of which, let’s take a look at six characters The Dark Knight trilogy got right.

6. Ra’s Al Ghul

Making Ra’s Al Ghul and his story the main villain in the darker, serious Batman reboot – 2005’s Batman Begins – was an interesting choice on behalf of Christopher Nolan.

He wasn’t as well-known to mainstream audiences, but Nolan happily crafted the character in a way that made sense for the world he wanted to create.

The picture that Nolan paints of Al Ghul is aptly supported by a strong turn from Liam Neeson. It amounted to a strong villain who managed to offer a very strong start to the franchise.

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