Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy is one of the most successful Batman film adaptations because it depicts Batman falls in love, having his heart broken, and having fear. Bruce Wayne behind the intimidating Batman mask is also an ordinary human being who has fears.
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Nolan’s Batman trilogy is described as a psychologically thrilling movie about Batman falls in love, heart broken and has fear.
- Batman Begins: Batman is born to overcome Bruce Wayne’s fear of his unjust past.
- The Dark Knight: Batman realizes the fear of losing those closest to him.
- The Dark Knight Rises: Batman must fight the fear of failure.
Batman was born to overcome Bruce Wayne’s fear of an unjust past (Batman Begins)
Batman Begins tells the story of Bruce Wayne after the tragic death of his parents. Bruce decides to leave Gotham and train with Ra’s al Ghul to overcome his fear and hone his martial arts skills.
After returning to Gotham, Bruce, the son of a billionaire, could not stand to see the injustice and corrupt practices in his city. He also used the bat symbol as a new identity to fight back. When Bruce Wayne became Batman, many bruises were found on his body.
Batman had to fight his teacher, Ra’s al Ghul who was able to show Bruce’s fear of his unjust past. This makes Bruce have to fight his own teacher by becoming Batman as a symbol of justice.
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Batman realizes the fear of losing those closest to him (The Dark Knight)
The Dark Knight tells the character of Batman into Bruce Wayne and the character of Bruce Wayne’s human spirit into the figure of Batman. Bruce Wayne must fight the threat of the iconic Joker.
Joker is famous for being intimidating and causing fear among the citizens of Gotham City. Joker always has a strategy beyond reason to threaten the peace and safety of the population. Joker also manipulated Harvey Dent, a prosecutor, and turned him into a villain named Two Face.
Although Batman managed to defeat Joker and Two Face, but Bruce Wayne did not manage to save Harvey’s life. The Joker was able to show Batman what the fear of loss looks like. This made it necessary for Bruce Wayne to be able to accept loss in order to defeat the Joker.
For Gotham City to be safe again and Harvey to be called a symbol of justice by the people of Gotham. Batman is willing to be blamed, blasphemed, and labeled as a villain in order to create peace and security in Gotham city.
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Batman must fight the fear of failure and falls in love (The Dark Knight Rises)
The Dark Knight Rises tells the story of Batman being born again after experiencing defeat and overcoming the fear of his haunting past trauma. In addition to the events of 8 years of Rachel’s death, Bruce Wayne is no longer young enough to want to retire as Batman.
As time goes by, Bruce Wayne finally finds out that before she died, Rachel preferred Harvey Dent as her loved one over Alfred. The appearance of Bane forced Bruce to return to being Batman.
Thanks to the trickery of Selina Kyle (Catwoman) who trapped Batman. Bane is much younger and stronger and manages to break Batman’s back. Then throw him into an underground prison and take control of Gotham.
Bruce learns Ra’s al Ghul has offspring and suspects Bane is Ra’s al Ghul’s son. When Batman almost defeats Bane, Bruce is stabbed by his girlfriend, Miranda Tate, who turns out to be Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter who wants revenge for her father’s death.
To defeat Bane and Miranda, Bruce Wayne, assisted by Selina, must defeat his fear of failure by trying to rise again.
After successfully saving Gotham, Bruce found a way to retire as Batman by faking his death. Bruce did this so that he could live peacefully with his lover, Selina Kyle.
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