BATMAN: How Nolan’s DARK KNIGHT Trilogy Saved Superhero Movies

[@ScreenCrush]

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[@bryanheilman4376]

I LOVED the Nolan trilogy, well, cept the third

[@angelmationg525]

These movies are good 👍

[@cantguardmark210]

I love this trilogy! The casting of the villans: Ra’s Al Ghul, Scarecrow, Joker, Two-Face and finally Bane were all delivered legendary performances!

[@sharonniblett8300]

I do too their all great films especially Tdk that movie is an absolute masterpiece

[@darthwiizius]

Fun fact: Despite Bane being originally a Mexican wrestler(hence the build) Tom Hardy based him on a real life bare knuckle Gypsie boxer from London.

[@bobthedopeman7327]

I loved it too. But it will always be bittersweet to me. I CAN'T HELP but imagine how different the 3rd film would've been if Heath Ledger had never passed away...

[@antsasylum9096]

I really needed Johnny Depp as The Riddle after I witnessed Heaths Joker for the 20th time

[@hellfish2309]

@@antsasylum9096 i think a more interesting route would have been Hugh Laurie as Edward Nigma

[@qubaliclife4666]

Nolan is the Director we need, but not the one we deserve.

[@siddharthk.sekher1960]

Nah we deserve them man.... can't go thru another Fantastic Four 2

[@captainjefferies9047]

He can't direct sci fi. He's scientifically illiterate and you have to be too to enjoy his movies.

[@WardenOfTerra]

Nolan's Batman movies are garbage. Heath Ledger made them what they are today.

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@siddharthk.sekher1960 Fantastic Four 2 is better than anything Nolan ever did.

[@Ahmee_x]

@@captainjefferies9047 saying that about someone who directed interstellar is like saying professional athletes dont know how to stay fit.

[@brucewayne8252]

Bale's Batman is not as physically strong as the rest , but when he is on screen or even mentioned you feel a strong presence . He truly was a symbol . You felt chills when you heard of Bruce's " powerful friend " .

[@mathisblair2798]

I never felt a strong presence from Bale. Not saying you didn't but objectively; it's subjective. I preferred Ben Afleck ten times over for instance.

[@brucewayne8252]

@@mathisblair2798 I agree that Affleck was the better batman performance,physique, and suit. But his presence as Batman is way different than Bale's. While Bale is a symbol, Affleck is like this demonic monster in the shadows who everybody fears. Which is great in its own way, but Bale is the Dark Knight of Gotham . To each his own .

[@captainjefferies9047]

Really? I laughed out loud at him in the theater. When he said "Where are the Drugs" that killed it. He was a joke from that frame on.

[@BamaScorpio69]

Batman Begins is probably the best underrated superhero movie of all time. I went opening night for the movie and my theater was barely half full. The movie wasn't heavily marketed and it wasn't a certain a sequel would follow. Thank goodness the studio stuck with Nolan's vision of his Batman.

[@thestunner31615]

I didn't even remember watching the movie, until I saw the dark knight and then went back to watching batman begins. It is a seriously good movie

[@waltercorleone9531]

Batman Begins: Excellent and the perfect origin film. The Dark Knight: Masterpiece and the best superhero movie. The Dark Knight Rises: Very Good and the almost perfect conclusion. The Dark Knight Trilogy is undoubtedly the best trilogy of superheroes and one of the best trilogies in the history of cinema.

[@Devil..09]

@@waltercorleone9531 bruh what about the new batman.

[@WTN416]

Too u

[@cthomas025]

I still stand by Batman Begins being the better movie. The Dark Knight I think is worse (not that it's bad, at all) and is boosted significantly by Ledger's amazing performance.

[@skullkingdom9972]

Finally I've been telling my friends for years the The Dark Knight had changed the movie industry. But they couldn't seem to understand.Thanks for making this video.

[@skullkingdom9972]

Ps Batman saved super hero movies.

[@doc_s1krr751]

@@skullkingdom9972 Blade did

[@RegulaRegz732]

@@doc_s1krr751 *Iron Man has entered the chat*

[@gernothuber89]

It is the Camera, the pacing, the music that goes with it, the mood that is created, this all goes hand in hand

[@doc_s1krr751]

@@RegulaRegz732 and without Blade, Marvel wouldn't exist so Iron Man should probably leave the chat

[@waltercorleone9531]

Batman Begins: Excellent and the perfect origin film. The Dark Knight: Masterpiece and the best superhero movie. The Dark Knight Rises: Very Good and the almost perfect conclusion. The Dark Knight Trilogy is undoubtedly the best trilogy of superheroes and one of the best trilogies in the history of cinema.

[@bradyr26]

100% agree. As someone who gave up on Superhero movies after the 1990s and early 2000's run of terrible movie after terrible movie. Nolan's trilogy (esp. TDK) made me trust the genre again. Likely my favorite movie ever.

[@SaurianStudios1207]

What Christopher Nolan (alongside Hans Zimmer, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, David Goyer, Jona Nolan, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Tom Hardy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cillian Murphy etc) did with the Nolan Batman trilogy is nothing short of a cinematic achievement, taking the superhero genre seriously with one of the most iconic superhero characters of all time and placing him in a modern day context to tell the story of Batman from a scared child who witnessed the death of his parents to the symbol of hope that the city of Gotham needed and deserved in times of uncertainty. While there have been other superhero movies that took the genre to mainstream levels, such as Sam Rami’s Spider man and Fox’s X men, never before has the world seen a trilogy of superhero movie that strikes the right mix of superhero entertainment while being allegorical study of post 9/11 America, dealing with the fears and paranoia of terrorism, societal corruption, vigilantism and doing what’s right to save the world and yourself from falling into the wrong path. It sticks with a consistent and continuity that perfectly captures the vision of the filmmakers, who wanted to tell this 3 film story that truly felt like a life changing experience rather than a studio product designed to make money. I love the dark knight trilogy, it’s a timeless trilogy of movies that resonates with us all since it reflects so much of the culture and time it was made in and it speaks on a universal level about the human experience, that just so happens to be Superhero movies/comic book film adaptations of the Batman lore from DC comics. Had it not been for the Dark Knight trilogy, there probably haven’t been an MCU, DCEU, or superhero cinema as we know it today for better and for worse.

[@stephengaloob]

I am not reading this

[@WebbanationX]

No love for Katie Holmes?

[@withershin]

R.I.P. Adam West - I think what some people miss about his Batman is that he was a very intelligent Batman. Finding an intelligent lead character in a kids show wasn't that common in the 1980s so some of us gravitated to this show on reruns despite the camp. I loved the Nolan Dark Knight movies.

[@user-ep8ns6hg4q]

I think the best thing Nolan did for TDK trilogy was keep the supernatural out of it, it made it a lot easier to feel realistic and still had the potential to lead into the supernatural but luckily they didn't try to draw this out which helped keep it as good as it is.

[@thestunner31615]

That is true. Keeping the super natural element out of it made it more believable...

[@thestunner31615]

@@pattiaufzack I don't fully agree with you. But I respect what you're saying. I didn't like the stupid batman jokes in justice league where he was making fun of himself

[@user-ep8ns6hg4q]

@@pattiaufzack Batman movies can be humorous while also holding to the character, it just can't come from Batman, it needs to be an outside character, from Barry or Aquaman it's believable, from WW, Superman and Batman it's definitely not.

[@loki.8435]

@@pattiaufzack Batman does crack jokes too but they are usually sarcastic.

[@lowproof]

X-Men from 2000 was a game changer for me. For the first time I saw a compelling super hero ensable movie with sufficient CGI. The Nolan Batman trilogy is a different genre in my opinion.

[@lovinlorne]

Agreed. That was the best for me as well.

[@captainjefferies9047]

They are totally the same.

[@DominickRuocco]

The Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy is an absolute masterpiece. They are still my favorite comic book film trilogy and it's not even remotely close.

[@chrisanders713]

Not the trilogy just the first 2. The last movie sucked ass!!

[@sparks2378]

The best video I’ve ever watched from you guys. This trilogy changed the way I looked at superhero movies. Every person who does a superhero for now should thank Nolan.

[@randallrona9618]

Christian Bale admitted that he hated the VFX Green Screen CGI stuff while filming Thor: Love and Thunder(Bale played Gorr the Butcher). Turns out, he was right as the movie wasn't good enough to win the audiences after it released.

[@baebaeblanchette]

I remember thinking at the time that Batman Begins and Casino Royale were both doing the same thing (yes, CR was the next year, but it was already made when BB released), and they had the same inspiration for all the grounding and gravitas: The Lord of The Rings, which everyone feared was going to be the campiest sparkles and unicorns thing ever, and then right from the narrated prologue showed that it was going to be both faithful and as grounded in reality as possible, which it largely achieved by allowing the titanic performances of that cast to make that world real. I saw BB and especially CR as realizing from LOTR they could strip away the camp and be left with endlessly fascinating character studies.

[@BOSS_1417]

The dark knight trilogy is a Masterpiece

[@onehotcrocc.3268]

Like you

[@chrisanders713]

No it isn't just the first 2 movies were. DKR was fucking trash!

[@onehotcrocc.3268]

@@chrisanders713 like you

[@Gig783]

The 1st one was really good tho

[@ericjome7284]

People have always loved heroes. Hercules. Achilles. Gilgamesh. Thor. Odysseus. Sun Wukong. Anansi.

[@scottmyer7923]

Flash Gordon

[@justingary5322]

Exactly The Christopher Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy was really good, influential and successful to further the cause of directors and companies making comic book superhero movies. It had a grounded and realistic take to a non superpowered character who uses his intellect, training wealth and will to overcome his enemies in a city full of insane criminals so I give credit to Nolan and his cast including Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Liam Nesson, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and of course legendary Heath Ledger and the rest of the cast. It really pioneered comic book films the way that Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy and the X-Men movies were trying to do but in a more realistic sense.

[@jaeusa160]

Personally, I give a bit more credit to the 2 Tim Burton movies, 1989 Batman and Batman Returns. Yes, on the film side, they went back into campy with Joel Shumacher. However, at the same time, they also directly resulted in Batman The Animated Series, as well as X-Men and Justice League. Collectively, I feel like all of these were the first wave of being able to pitch superhero media, and animation, in a more serious light. It's very fair to say the Nolan trilogy revived this in cinema, but I still think Batman Returns and Batman TAS were the true genesis.

[@vincy19961]

🥱🥱🥱

[@BishopWalters12]

Don't bother, Nolan fanboys like to pretend that he created the genre.

[@loki.8435]

@@BishopWalters12 Well having films like Inception, The Prestige, Interstellar and Memento, it’s hard to doubt that he must have created the genre on his own ya’know?😉

[@BishopWalters12]

@@loki.8435 Not really

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@loki.8435 Those movies suck.

[@hunterkiller1440]

And I remember when these movie came out, the Burton fans slammed these movies. Heh.

[@immanuela209]

At this point, fan outcry doesn’t mean anything tbh 🤣

[@salukiconvert]

You’ve released some real gems lately, Ryan - thank you for the great work! The Dark Knight or The Dark Night Rises should have received a Best Picture Oscar and the academy knows it but they were too snobby about this genre back then (just like Mad Max: Fury Road should have won IMO)

[@michaelgillespie9112]

I would argue that the Raimi Spiderman trilogy was the start of the golden age, since it kinda set everything off, but I will say that the Nolan Batman Trilogy did set a lot of the ground word for Superhero movies today, as a lot of movies take after them.

[@Angyali]

Raimi1s Spiderman is Power Rangers compared to TDKT.

[@ScreenCrush]

What's your favorite Batman movie?

[@shrek-onekenobi3031]

does the lego batman movie count :D

[@immersedraider1019]

The one with Batman in it 😎

[@da1king0fwakanda56]

Mask of The Phantasm

[@sharonniblett8300]

Definitely the dark Knight that film's legendary but I'm absolutely certain that's about to change with the batman

[@sharonniblett8300]

@@shrek-onekenobi3031 that film is another masterpiece🔥

[@beaverboydilly]

Screen crush isn't just a superhero movie YT channel, it's a film study channel.

[@Jollysweets08]

I love the behind the scenes featurette you used for this video. I just showed it to my dad this past weekend XD I love TDK trilogy. It's imprint on the movie industry is huge and well deserved. I feel the love for the character and the world and just movie making in general in every film 😊

[@onthelevel222]

Ryan this may be your best analysis yet. It’s not just how great the films were (and I don’t consider them comic book movies) but their influence on the kind of directors and the tone of the movies that follows. A+ for ScreenCrush!

[@folipsky_2389]

Damn, I like this batman miniseries of yours

[@joshualewin3153]

Killing it with the batman vids bro love it. My all time favorite from the trilogy is when he finally gets out of banes prison and u hear that theme from the soundtrack. gives me goosebumps everytime I watch

[@jonahsemmelweis2979]

Man i‘m honest i could watch your videos all day, you‘re amazing Ryan

[@DerekReuter]

Totally agree. Had an best friend that was also an activist, was obsessed with this series and we both agreed, it provided the opening for the golden age. OG Batman opened the door, Spawn solidified comic movies could be sustaining returns at the box office because comics allow for rule bending. Watchmen and Iron Man had perfect timing on release too. For current times.

[@willfields6209]

Brilliant analysis! Something else I’d love to see you talk about is the 2019 Hellboy movie vs the Guillermo Del Toro ones. I recently rewatched the 2019 movie and thought it’s just screaming for one of you ‘why this didn’t work’ breakdowns.

[@doc_s1krr751]

It would be better if he gave credit to Blade

[@TheSuperSnake313]

Batman is such a good character, scratch that they are all good characters. Nolan really expanded on the dynamic between Batman and The Joker. Just rewatched the Dark Knight and man, Heath's performance is LEGENDARY

[@shellsuitwarrior]

It's a bit of a stretch to say that Nolan was 'a complete unknown who had only made three movies before' (and to say it twice in the video as well). I'd seen Memento at the cinema and watched Insomnia because I knew it was from him. They may not have been massive mainstream hits, but they were very well regarded - and had notable casts.

[@TheRealReVeLaTioN]

Between 4:40 - 4:53 is when I just had to like and share this video! It took me a good 12 minutes of rewinding and replaying that part to stop literally laughing out loud, so I could continue my day like someone who’s not a madman.

[@rileyowen6284]

My favourite Batman for now😏

[@jeremyrosenthal2911]

Loving all the batman content 👌 😍

[@iamanisland]

The Spider-man movies (1&2) that pre-date Batman Begins were excellent and I think they’re the movies that got the ball rolling.

[@d34dR0d3n7]

Ryan trying to be Mikey with these last couple of uploads, and honestly? I'm good with that, excellent work.

[@chandanbhatt]

The point of the video is not only about batman but this video makes us understand how diverse can superheroes movies, as well as series, can be MCU, DCEU, The Boys, and The Invincible, just look at them so diverse they are and their respective universes. Overall let's just cherish what we have got from these incredible directors, writers, actors, and studios. Let us not argue that DCEU is dark whereas MCU is full of comedy. Everyone has its own advantages and not all people are the same

[@bonkgiartist]

Well said. I think this trilogy influenced international filmmakers as well. The live action Rurouni Kenshin franchise comes to mind. Now hopefully directors of video game adapted films take their commodities more seriously.

[@markpjf85]

Big fan of the batman 👏 I really do love the Nolan films there are great cinema Batman films 🍿 Looking forward to watching the Batman

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

Such a wonderful analysis! Well done!

[@FabledGentleman]

X-men saved superhero movies, not Nolan's Batman. After the abysmal Batman & Robin, Bryan Singer successfully restored faith in superheroes with the first and second x-men films. They became huge hits, and was quite good as well. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine is just one of the best casting choices ever made in any superhero film, it's up there with Reeves as Superman. The first and second Spider-Man films by Raimi is also very good, so by the time Batman begins came out, there was no need to "save the superhero genre". It was already saved.

[@marcomagana8329]

I agree. Though I’d even point out the first Blade movie as well. Both Blade and X-Men gave studios a blueprint to success. Nolan was able to craft an amazing trilogy of Batman movies, something a lot of franchises struggle with making good sequels.

[@FabledGentleman]

@@marcomagana8329 Yeah. If anything, Nolan saved batman movies. The difference between Batman Begins and Batman & Robin are basically night and day.

[@joshualewin3153]

Ya I agree what your saying with xmen and spidey wolverine is my all time favorite character. But I think he means the trilogy was very complex made you think even after you watched those films . Was definitely the first of its kind in terms of the dark and gritty story telling. Some could also argue blade was the first to do that also.

[@FabledGentleman]

@@joshualewin3153 Thing is, the trilogy wasn't finished before after The Avengers released. And The Avengers was an even bigger hit with half a billion dollars more at the box office.

[@virtualrealityfitness283]

Batman Begins is really underrated!

[@Moncriefs]

The Dark Knight was my introduction to Superhero Films. My GF at the time drug me to Batman, and it became my favorite film ever and now I watch every Marvel film (Yes, I know Batman isnt Marvel🤣)

[@rjpittman4510]

Great video. Dark Knight is my favorite movie of all time already, so this video helps confirm it

[@josemanuel8375]

While I agree to some degree I have to point out that The Raimi Trilogy and especially Spider-Man 2 already proved that the superhero genre is real cinema and could be taken seriously with deep exploration on their characters. The Nolan Trilogy was def. groundbreaking but we shouldn't ignore the facts.

[@nanaholic01]

Rami's Spider-man was just treading similar ground to what Tim Burton's already done with his Batman films - it still very much an overall campy comic book film with tiny moments of seriousness injected into them, whereas Nolan's Trilogy was truly groundbreaking and doesn't feel like a comic book film at all from start to finish. I grew up watching Adam West and Tim Burton Batman as well as the Rami Spider-man films and if you watch them again with nostalogic glasses off you can definitely still see a lot of those campy moments in those films which screams "yes I'm a comic book adaptation for kids!" and suddenly you feel a little bit embarrassed watching them because those "comic book" moments are so goofy they are insulting your intelligence, but this doesn't happen with Nolan's trilogy in any moment - Nolan treats the audience like a thinking person, he respects the audience and assumes they will be engaged by a deep dive into the characters' psychology (not just the hero/villian, but EVERYONE around them). They are all entertaining films though but Nolan's is truly a class above and went much further than anyone before.

[@xCALYPTOxGaming]

Agree. Two solid Spider-Man movies from Raimi followed up by Batman Begins and the genre was set. I feel like this video lets Spider-Man 3 drag the trilogy down too much.

[@danielbeltran7744]

The best non animated batman on the big screen ever

[@anselstyles]

This Batman saved the DCEU, but it was Blade that saved the Marvel Universe. For the record, Christopher Nolan version is my favorite Batman.

[@juanmeraz7736]

Not at all Lmfaoo blade was in the same category as the X-men movies which i personally liked but not everyone was a big fan

[@anselstyles]

@@juanmeraz7736 That’s because you aren’t informed. It was the huge success of the Blade trilogy(More of the Blade 1 & 2, 3 was ok) that gave Marvel the courage to go forward. Also, if it wasn’t for Blade 3, Ryan Reynolds wouldn’t have become The Green Lantern & Deadpool.

[@deanospimoniful]

The term is verisimilitude. It's the notion that a story *feels* real to the audience, regardless of whether there's wizards or time traveling robots or not.

[@gus4u2c]

RIP Richard Donner

[@kmoorman2008]

Excellent video. Thanks. Nolan is truly in a class of his own at the moment.

[@sniper1a259]

Some time ago I rewatched whole trilogy and recently I feel like rewatching it again, especially after watching all seasons of Gotham and getting into the DC vibe

[@Denevive]

Port looked great on you, Ryan. You should always be comfortable to wear your glassss in videos.

[@spider-manunknown9193]

The Dark Knight is a masterpiece of a comic book movie and it’s the greatest superhero movie of all time. Logan is the second greatest.

[@ProudPapa26]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@captainjefferies9047]

Sure Rube. There are ten more important movies in the MCU alone. You really think any batman movie is as important as Superman the Motion Picture? Do you know why it's called "Superman the motion Picture?" It's because the idea that c comic book character would have a movie was insane. They had only tried it once before, and that movie is also more important than any Nolan movie.

[@domingocepeda2283]

The Dark knight trilogy is a masterpiece that defined gold.What this trilogy did is unmatched and will never be the same again

[@covagotnextgaming]

Great video guys!

[@IrocReborn]

Leave it up to Batman to, yet again, be the only one to save the day.

[@StunnamanSayles]

Believe it or not, I just finished the Nolan Batman series and I just forgot how much I loved the series. Long movies but they kept you entertained for the ~8 hours of screen time.

[@Oggy9156]

If we really think deeply then Christopher Nolan Batman don't have Superman anywhere, it's like his pod never landed on earth.

[@MrBazBake]

I respect the trilogy a lot, but in hindsight it's clear they weren't as important as we thought they'd be with the release of Batman Begins. Batman Begins 2005 didn't need to save Spider-Man 2 2004 (a movie that made three times as much). Heath Ledger was great in Dark Knight in 2008 but the MCU started that same summer with Iron Man. Dark Knight Rises was controversial but highly successful in 2012, but its thunder was stolen with Avengers 2012. At every single step of the way, there was a superhero movie that was far more important and/or successful. The Dark Knight trilogy helped, but it didn't need to save a genre that was highly successful and critically lauded already.

[@petewajda3083]

Maybe if you watched the first minute of the video, you would have heard the statement that before Nolan’s trilogy, super hero movies were campy and not taken as seriously. I love spider man 2 but you cannot argue that it is on the same serious storytelling level as Nolan’s films.

[@ProudPapa26]

@@petewajda3083 So serious that they made Batman sound like Cookie Monster? 😂

[@nickletchford]

the argument in the video was that the trilogy saved the superhero genre. As the man says It did not.

[@danpsou]

@@petewajda3083 that is absolutely not true, though, and it hasn't been true since the 1978 Superman movie, and especially after the 1989 Batman movie.

[@petewajda3083]

@@danpsou Good point, however those were limited by the technology of their time, so it was hard to bring them to live as realistically. Batman 89’ is very serious but it quickly spiraled into Batman and Robin campiness which stained the genre

[@arthurdrew4933]

I COULD NOT AGREE MORE! VERY GOOD, 😊 PRECISE VIDEO.THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY IS THE GENRES GOLD STANDARD

[@knightridernz72]

There's been nothing like the Dark Knight trilogy before or since. It exists in its own superhero movie category. You know a movie is great when you're still talking about it with great affection many years from its release. The trilogy has depth and that's because Nolan always cares deeply about telling a compelling story. Warner Bros risk to hand over the Batman reimagining responsibilities to someone who didn't have a huge track record for making blockbuster movies paid off massively. Nolan just completely upended expectations and gave us a trilogy with so much weight. Christopher Nolan is the man!

[@WayneChiangPoker]

1:10 he said INCEPTION! :D

[@chickrepelant]

love this video! i can't really put it in words, but something about "rises" didn't resonate with me, for some reason. maybe there's a 4 hour Nolan cut out there?

[@Ballington3000]

I legit laughed at loud at the MCU: "I never said thank you." bit

[@maulcrusader7106]

So HYPE for The Batman movie coming!

[@abhaymhatre8534]

I am super super excited for The Batman and Morbius and Doctor Strange MoM 🤩🤩

[@darthwiizius]

Let's be real here the Dark Knight Trilogy isn't just the greatest comic book series of all time it's one of the great trilogies of all time alongside Dollars, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the Lord of the Rings.

[@chrisanders713]

No it's not. Just the first to movies were good DKR was pure shit.

[@captainjefferies9047]

Not even close, and Indiana jones isn't a trilogy.

[@AirSupportMusic]

The other super hero films still can't even be compared to these, especially The Dark Knight film.

[@evacody1249]

Very true. Not even Endgame. The Dark Knight was just massive, and the number of people that wanted to see it was insane.

[@chadcognac5626]

Great video! Nolan deserves all the credit he is given.

[@Philosopher_w24]

These videos are great man! Praise be to The Dark Knight Trilogy!

[@Twoxerofour]

Did anyone else keep rewinding, and watching the slapfest over and over. I'm dying here lmao

[@angello8324]

Great job 👏🏻

[@onlyme219]

Great video, I unusually agreed with everything said, kudos

[@blackpranther]

True the Nolan trilogy saved the genre for the second time, but they understated the degree to which Blade saved Marvel. Without that movie, it might’ve been another decade before a comic book property was green lit

[@adrianr194]

It really is an honor to be living through this era of super hero movies. Unfortunately I believe they will go back to being crap, but at least I get to enjoy these.

[@WillatTOS]

I believe great superhero films began in 2008 with Iron Man and Batman Begins. The First two Spiderman movies were good has well. But 2008 launch the genre to a whole new level.

[@jobsmine]

This feels like a slight dig at MCU movies. Ain't no wonder why studios copy the TDK trilogies. They are that good.

[@Angyali]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2. tried it the most noticably. And it failed misreably at it.

[@armandosanchez4830]

Batman dark knight trilogy for me it still holds up. Great movies that took super hero movies more seriously. It’s story telling character development at its finest. It can be surpass. Something the mcu has taking advantage off. Super hero movies will never go away. Even if haters and anti super hero fans say otherwise

[@Cafeman_2D]

Good show, Ryan!

[@blackwaterproduction289]

I believe that the original X-Men movies the first and the second were the first ones to try and change the perception about comic book movies. However, they were nowhere near as popular and well-known as Batman. But yeah Nolan had definitely changed the perception about how grounded movies could be very successful and especially comic book movies.

[@CrystalSki67]

Everytime I miss Chicago I put on the Dark Knight, my God, absolute eye-gasm.

[@soccerwizard975]

I tend to agree, Dark Knight is an A+ movie. But Dark Knight and Iron Man coming out in the same year solidified the bookends of what the super hero movie could be. It could be a character study or a full on comic book popcorn flick.

[@jentalksbooks]

Great points! ✅️

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Whenever I hear someone say Dark Knight is one of the all time great movies, I ask them "What actually happens to the Joker at the end?" and it's very very rare they can remember straight away

[@GumbyLikeMe]

Another success Ryan

[@rajdeepnath6890]

The casting of Alfred is perfect in this trilogy.

[@smilezdaquiet1970]

Batman and Robin was fire!!🔥🔥🔥

[@abominable.7800]

you dont even have to know anything about super heros to enjoy the movies thats what i like about it. their great movies on their own. nolans trilogy made me love batman

[@inasimplerhyme]

Hi Ryan. I love your channel and have been a subscriber for a while. Your analysis is top notch. In this video though, I think you're dismissing the impact of Superman The Movie way too much. Yes, it had poor sequels in 3 and 4, but I believe you said it "undid" everything the first movie did. I disagree that the effect of Superman was lost. I don't think I can put links in youtube comments, but you can Google an article where Feige talks about how much reverence they have to the first Superman, and how much of an influence it has over the MCU. Not to discount the effect of the Dark Knight films, because I agree with what you said about their impact, but I think the influence of the first Superman film is still just as strong. Again, great videos, and thanks for all your hard work.

[@starman1994]

And may it long continue...and prosper.

[@doc_s1krr751]

I like this video and generally agree, but not giving the Blade Trinity its due is a bit silly. The Blade movies are really what set the stage for the Nolan movies and then he built on that.

[@millabasset1710]

Blade, X Men and Spider-Man got the ball rolling, Batman Begins and The Dark Night launched it into space.

[@jayv8131]

Such a masterpiece!

[@michaelwolf8690]

The Dark Knight was a remarkable film and a stand-out of the genre if not film itself. But one of the reasons Superhero Movies are owning cinema is because so many of those films are exceptional. Nolans Films, all fine genre films are successors to the Tim Burton movies rather than predecessors to The Avengers. Palettes are simple, heroes and villains are relational, tone and sound are brooding in feel and composition. It is inherently a different narrative than Marvel films. It is not a redemption story, it isn't a story about what is grown or built or about how men recover from missteps. It isn't colorful, or comedic, it exploration of character has a fundamentally different angle being explored than almost every Marvel Film. It's not about how relationships are built or tested. It's not about families of heroes. Nolan's Batman films piqued interest as Iron Man was opening the door for for one universe of films and arguably the DC universe as well. But there were strong genre films before and during the Nolan movies. Interest in Super Hero moves was growing, not dying. People weren't not showing up for popcorn films full of bigger-than-life heroes. They were owning the box office in the early 2000's too. You could just as easily argue that these independent Superhero movies made by Nolan sapped momentum that could have built Marvel or DC universe films faster and bigger. Certainly there's no evidence that we wouldn't have ended up with at least the same films we have no if Nolan never made his Batman films.

[@MrRawkusbacca]

X2, blade and Spiderman 2 would like a word.

[@Angie9177-k9l]

can u do one on the '89 Batman? that was another monumental masterpiece, wasn't it?