But when Chill arrives at the public lobby, one of Falcone’s goons beats Bruce to the punch, shooting Chill dead.īruce’s childhood friend Rachel Dawes discovers Bruce’s intentions and slaps him across the face. Bruce waits outside of the courtroom with a gun, intending to kill Chill after his testimony. Bruce learns that Joe Chill has been paroled so that he can testify against Gotham crime boss Carmine Falcone. The moment happens not when Bruce Wayne is masquerading as a vigilante dressed as a bat, but when he’s a young man still trying to come to grips with the murder of his parents. This scene from the first film in Nolan’s trilogy is the darkest because of how real it feels for the main characters. Bruce Attempts to Kill Joe Chill – Batman Begins This monster version of the Bat was certainly a step in the right direction for comic fans hoping the Batman films would get the terror element of the character right. The fear toxin takes effect and Crane begins to see Batman as a demonic, literal interpretation of the Batman, with black goo dripping from his mouth and jet-black eyes. In the climax of the film, when Cillian Murphy’s Scarecrow attempts to poison Gotham City’s water supply with his fear toxin, the good doctor is confronted by Batman and given a taste of his own medicine. When Bruce Wayne said he wanted to strike fear in the hearts of criminals, this must have been what he was talking about. However, the hands down scariest portrayal of the Caped Crusader on screen comes in Batman Begins. While horror has seeped its way into Batman comics many times, particularly during Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s recent run with the character, there hasn’t been a ton of nightmarish imagery present in the film adaptations of the character. Bale’s Batman establishes himself as something to be scared of and as an all-seeing force to be reckoned with. This is the opposite of one of George Clooney’s one-liners during his time under the cowl. When Flass swears to God that he doesn’t know anything, Batman replies, “Swear to me!” his face tremoring with rage. After failing to strike fear in Flass, Batman hangs the portly man upside down from a building. Jonathan Crane’s mysterious drug shipments. Whether Bale goes too far with his growly tenor and into comedic territory is up for debate, but the choice is certainly memorable.īale really gets to rough up his vocal cords during a specific scene in Batman Begins where the Dark Knight confronts crooked cop Arnold Flass about Dr. “Swear to me!” – Batman BeginsĪudiences knew they were in for a different type of Batman from the moment they heard Bale’s gravelly voice while he was in the suit. Below are just a few examples of the darkest, most horrific moments from The Dark Knight Trilogy. Snyder didn’t make Batman too dark for film audiences, that was already done by Nolan. That is to say Nolan and Christian Bale’s Batman sought to be a street-level, gritty, interpretation of the character that emphasized noir and a grounded reality. The Batman of Nolan’s films was not inspired by the kid-friendly or campy iterations of the character found in the Batman TV series from the ‘60s or Joel Schumacher’s films, but by Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One, and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman: The Long Halloween. Less than a decade ago, Warner Brothers was hot off of the success of Nolan’s trio of films that no one would describe as light-hearted or quippy. Snyder can hardly be blamed for expanding on what audiences were already responding to when it came to DC characters on film. However, Snyder’s approach only mirrored many of DC’s most popular storylines, from Frank Miller’s violent The Dark Knight Returns to the on-screen The Dark Knight Trilogy from director Christopher Nolan. Indeed, one of the studio’s chief complaints with Snyder’s vision, which they believe impacted box office receipts, was his darker tone when compared with the quippier MCU. Despite the anticipation and a near-guaranteed positive reception from the vocal #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fan contingent, this will likely be Snyder’s last foray in the DC Universe. Later this month, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is hitting HBO Max.
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