Call me naive, I guess, or disconnected, but until about two months ago I had no idea that the third Dark Knight movie was the last that Nolan and Christan Bale were going to do. It was a shock, and upsetting. They found the perfect balance of darkness and hope, real human characters and comic book heroes, action and suspense. Now they're done?
Cosmopolitan put out a New Movies We Can't Wait To See In 2012 that included The Dark Knight Rises and I couldn't have agreed more...until I found out it was the last one. Now I dread seeing it because there won't be another one. Bummer.
Granted, they will probably reboot the series and do something a little more unique, like maybe make it a period piece (Batman originated in 1939) with vintage cars and less technology. While that does sound appealing, I have a hard time believing it will live up to the high bar this trilogy just set.
By the way, speaking of setting the bar high did you know Leo DiCaprio was almost in the final Dark Knight movie? He was supposed to be the Riddler but something didn't work out and they went with Bane instead. Can you imagine? The awesome first movie, then Heath Ledger's greatest and final performance, followed by DiCaprio as the Riddler? Wow, that would have ended this series with a bang.
