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Originally Posted by blankall
The tweeks to TDKR wouldn't have had to be too substantial. The problem was they went off the deep end with modeling the movie after a Frank Miller movie, with themed gangs taking over parts of the city. It's just too absurd.
If they'd kept the plot to take over the city more grounded in reality (maybe a corporate plot for profit) - instead of running some kind of themed gang takeover - it could have been a much better movie.
They also had the opportunity to tie everything together in a well thought out trilogy, with Bane being an alternate evil version of Batman coming from his past. It's really quite odd that they went so over the top with the main premise. They actively tried to make other plot points more realistic, like Robin for example.
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I think the biggest problem with TKDR was that it was never supposed to exist.
I think Nolan has been pretty clear that it wasnt supposed to be a trilogy but was pressured for one reason or another and they had to come up with some way to apply the capstone to the series.
Once again, failing to plan is planning to fail. All things considered TKDR wasnt terrible. I still enjoy it, but its easily the weakest film of that trilogy but still far, far better than most of the rest of DC's offerings.
It was, at least, a competently made film. For the most part. But following up The Dark Knight, especially after Ledger's death, was going to be a tall order no matter which way you put it.
And thats one bet the Studio won.
"After The Dark Knight this film could be 120 minutes of cats playing with yarn and we'll still make a fortune."
And indeed they did.