The Batman Part II
Although details aboutThe Batman - Part IIare still a mystery , it ’s already inevitably being liken to Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightand his Batman trilogy in general , but there ’s one Nolan trilogy trend thatThe Batman 2has to stave off . After Ben Affleck ’s mature Batman in the DCEU , Warner Bros. focused on a unseasoned Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’The Batman , with Robert Pattinson now act as the Caped Crusader . Pattinson ’s Batman is in his second year of fighting crime in Gotham , but he has already faced some of the biggest criminals in Batman ’s universe , and that was only the beginning .
The Batmansaw the title character , James Gordon ( Jeffrey Wright ) , and the Gotham City Police Department going after a mysterious serial sea wolf jazz as The Riddler ( Paul Dano ) , but this also led Batman into Gotham ’s criminal Scheol , lead by Carmine Falcone ( John Turturro ) and Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin ( Colin Farrell ) . Atthe ending ofThe Batman , the Riddler and the Penguin were the last bad guys standing , and the Joker ( Barry Keoghan ) was introduced as the Riddler ’s cell neighbor in Arkham State Hospital , setting him up as the baddie inThe Batman 2 . This is already mirroringThe Dark Knight , but there ’s another element from Nolan ’s Batman movies thatThe Batman 2has to avoid : take more than one villain .
The Batman 2 Should Stick To One Villain
Every movie in Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogyhad more than one villain , and even one of them ( Cillian Murphy ’s Scarecrow ) appear in all movies , though as a cameo appearing in the last two . Batman Beginssaw Christian Bale ’s Batman going against Ra ’s al Ghul ( Liam Neeson ) , Jonathan Crane a.k.a . Scarecrow , and Carmine Falcone ( Tom Wilkinson ) , with Ra ’s al Ghul kick the bucket and the rest being imprisoned . The Dark Knightalso featured two villains , with Harvey Dent ( Aaron Eckhart ) becoming Two - Face and the Joker ( Heath Ledger ) arriving to cause chaos in Gotham City .
The Dark Knight Risesrepeated this formula with Bane ( Tom Hardy ) and Miranda Tate ( Marion Cotillard ) , who was actually Talia al Ghul , Ra ’s daughter , and the real brain behind Bane ’s actions as she want to fulfill her beginner ’s and the League of Shadows ’ programme against Gotham . The Batmanalready continue this by make three villains , and while it avoided end up with developing villain and a puzzling plot of land , it would be undecomposed forThe Batman 2to stick to just one villain . The Batmanalready set up Keoghan ’s Joker as a future enemy of Pattinson ’s Batman , and asthe deed of conveyance ofThe Batman - Part IIsuggests , the sequel will be a unmediated continuation of the issue of the first movie , so it would make signified to have the Joker as the one and only villain , even if that brings more comparison toThe Dark Knight .
The Batman 2 Will Be Inevitably Compared To The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight ’s quality and winner have unintentionally and inevitablycreated a big job forThe Batman 2.The Dark Knightwas an improvement overBatman Begins(which is also a great movie ) , with its story and Ledger ’s performance as the Joker being its most praised elements , and the success ofThe Batmanhas create the hope ofThe Batman 2being Reeves’The Dark Knight . This sets expectation even higher than they already were , and the initiation of Keoghan ’s Joker only adds more pressure forThe Batman 2to be not only better than the first movie but also at the level ofThe Dark Knightand Ledger ’s public presentation . Even ifThe Batman 2is a footfall up fromThe Batmanand is a critical and commercial success , it will still be compare toThe Dark Knight , but it does n’t have to live in its shadow and it certainly does n’t need to reiterate Nolan ’s formula to guarantee its winner .
Who Could Be The Batman 2’s Villain?
If Keoghan ’s Joker is n’t the villain inThe Batman 2 , there might already be another bad guy about to take his place : Clayface . This rummy villain isreportedly being considered to joinThe Batman 2 , but he ’s also reportedly join the Joker as the opposer in Reeves ’ next Batman pic . Having both the Joker and Clayface as the villains inThe Batmanwould not only be repeating Nolan ’s formula but also specificallyThe Dark Knight ’s , with both having the Joker and another villain . As The Riddler is also alive , The Batman 2could still use him in some capacitance , or he could return in next pic , likewise to Scarecrow ’s place in theDark Knighttrilogy .
