Sure, Dark Knight was really gritty. But it was pompous and pretentious. It was really annoying, and had terrible editing. It's considered the best comic film of all time due to a really, really good performance, but I don't think that it makes the movie itself perfect. It has some huge flaws with the story. It feels pretty incomplete. And ultimately, it takes itself so seriously and sees itself as such a relevant film when in reality it doesn't have much of a human element. You don't look back on the film and think "That was such a powerful personal story of a man who dressed up as a bat." Even its "darkness" is pretty muted, because it's PG-13, and the film was still pretty idealistic.
Someone compared Logan to The Dark Knight, and I thought...just no. The Dark Knight isn't worthy of that comparison. And it does Logan a dishonor to be compared to it, because it isn't like The Dark Knight, and what it is is so much more. I actually really cared about the characters in that film. I actually cared about the story. It was relatable, and actually made you think about life. And if you watched Logan in black and white, you'll notice that it has better cinematography and editing as well.
When it comes to making comic book films that transcend the genre and no longer feel like comic book films, I'd hold Logan to be the standard-bearer, not The Dark Knight. That's the type of storytelling that I'd want to see.
(And while I'm at it, The Dark Knight might only be my sixth favorite Batman film. If saying that I preferred Logan didn't get the fans riled up, certainly saying that it's in the lower half of the Batman movies will definitely do the job.)
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