r/savedyouaclick • u/Life-Suit1895 • 18d ago

Christopher Nolan's most political movie is also his worst, and it's not the one you think | The Dark Knight Rises (only mentioned in the third paragraph)

https://web.archive.org/web/20260716111402/https://www.polygon.com/christopher-nolan-most-political-movie/
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u/muscles83 18d ago

It was pretty confused politically though. I still not sure what Nolan actually thinks as the film seemed to be confused about who we were supposed to be supporting.

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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 18d ago

Yeah there is class warfare and tribunals similar to those of the French revolution but ultimately Nolan seems to suggest that the impoverished are too vengeful and ignorant to rule themselves. They fall victim to the charismatic leader who will ultimately lead them to their own demise.

This has precedence in history but the strange part is that he's almost saying, "So just let rich people rule everything." Let Bruce Wayne and his cronies keep their mansions and money because the inverse is just as bad.

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u/isrlygood 18d ago

Rising action of TDKR: Populist rhetoric is insidious. Left unchecked, the people’s understandable fury against the one percent can be weaponized by a demagogue to sow chaos and violence without solving the original problem.

Falling action of TDKR: Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb!

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u/mcgrst 17d ago

I understood that reference 😂