I think he covered it in Batman Begins pretty solidly. There were those conversations with Rachel about identity, culminating with Batman telling her, "his actions define who he was."
You had the scene when he approached the mobster at the bar with the gun. And the mobster says guys like Bruce don't belong there.
And you had Alfred who was always trying to lessen him being Batman and doing good as Bruce.
I agree there was no existential crisis speech with him crying about is he Bruce/Batman but there was plenty of subtext, IMO.
We didn't need a whiny Bruce about his alter ego becoming a personality disorder as they tried to infer in Batman Forever, or make him emotionally unstable like The Batman.
Nolan's Batman, much like Burton's Batman, was very thoroughly masculine in knowing who he was and what he had to do, and how to do it. There was no confusion in his methods, and I think that's what helped those iterations resonate so much with broader audiences (especially men).
Nolan's Batman was essentially the epitome of the manosphere tenets about being on your grind and staying on your grind no matter what, and in his universe, Batman did so until he physically couldn't really do it anymore.
I think he covered it in Batman Begins pretty solidly. There were those conversations with Rachel about identity, culminating with Batman telling her, "his actions define who he was."
You had the scene when he approached the mobster at the bar with the gun. And the mobster says guys like Bruce don't belong there.
And you had Alfred who was always trying to lessen him being Batman and doing good as Bruce.
I agree there was no existential crisis speech with him crying about is he Bruce/Batman but there was plenty of subtext, IMO.
Well said and I agree.
We didn't need a whiny Bruce about his alter ego becoming a personality disorder as they tried to infer in Batman Forever, or make him emotionally unstable like The Batman.
Nolan's Batman, much like Burton's Batman, was very thoroughly masculine in knowing who he was and what he had to do, and how to do it. There was no confusion in his methods, and I think that's what helped those iterations resonate so much with broader audiences (especially men).
Nolan's Batman was essentially the epitome of the manosphere tenets about being on your grind and staying on your grind no matter what, and in his universe, Batman did so until he physically couldn't really do it anymore.