Holy shit guys, I just worked out the meaning of Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Remember how Batman doesn't understand Joker's motivations ("YER GARBAGE WHO KILLS FER MUNEHH") despite Alfred clearly explaining it to him ("sum men just wanna watch de wow'd buhn"). It's a metaphor for international relations. Batman is the USA and doesn't understand other countries or take the advice of allies, Alfred is a British father figure, representing the USA's history with Britain. Batman (USA) starts of idealistic, but abandons the ideals of the league of shadows (founding fathers) and breaks his moral code by letting Ras al-Ghul die (international interventions). Then, when he's an established power, he comes across an enemy with no rational motive: the Joker (terrorism). Nolan wanted to end on The Dark Knight, implying the USA's fate as being locked in an eternal struggle with terrorists. But, forced into making a third film, Nolan created a very cynical prediction of the future where Batman (USA) has simply abandoned the world, until a stronger rival called Bane (China) forces him out of retirement, beats him and takes over Gotham (the world). In this political satire, Batman/USA can only win with the help of the double-crossing theif Catwoman (Israel) and making everyone think he's dead so he can dissapear. Nolan is telling us that the USA needs to die and dissapear off the world stage.
>("YER GARBAGE WHO KILLS FER MUNEHH")
>("sum men just wanna watch de wow'd buhn")
Is that supposed to be funny?
What does Bill Wilson represent?
>>68186881
Bill Wilson, while a deceptively minor character, is the lynchpin of the entire series. The intro scene to TDKR is Nolan signalling to the audience that this is a hypothetical future, one he has created under duress. Firstly, the surreal tone and awkward lines, bordering on comedy, frame the entire film as taking place in an alternate world. Secondly, Bill is literally the CIA ("I'm CIA"), and the scenes' dissconnection from the rest of the film shows how the CIA is dissconected from the American government, acting on its own accord (often unsuccessfully) and being hostile to everyone ("You don't get to bring friends"). The message we take out of this is that the disjointed arms of the US's world power cannot defeat its enemies when working alone, in stark contrast to Bane (China) who's parts work together ("He wasn't alone").
>>68187180
What about Dr. Pavel?
>>68187459
He represents the scientific community, used and abused by the world powers for their own ends. It's no coincidence he's kidnapped by Bane (China), well known for stealing industry secrets. His line "nothing, I said nothing" refers to how scientists feel like they can't speak out against their fields being taken advantage of. Poetically, Dr Pavel (science) is killed so no one can learn his secrets, demonstrating that research in China is based on stealing and will die off. Batman (the USA) doesn't care about the ethical concerns (Pavel's life) and only sees Pavel (science) as a tool in the hands of the enemy. Nolan paints a bleak picture of how power is pursued over knowledge on the global scale.
>>68186729
>double crossing thief
>Israel
>>68186881
ur autism, pal
>>68187647
Masketta Man?
>>68187862
Russia, hence the slavic accent. At first seems co-operative (end of the cold war) but turns out to be on the side of China. Additionally, the opening where he puts his hand on the steering wheel represents Russia taking control of their direction on the world stage again.
>>68187981
OP is a big guy
Not really, Batman was just being stubborn
