User blog comment:Mr. Xemnas/2 seperate marevl cinematic universe's?????/@comment-1895174-20130201050316/@comment-3317214-20130204044009

LoveWaffle, I totally agree it's a good thing that Spider-Man 3 was the end. The only other plot that carries through that I can think of is Peter's relationship with Mary Jane...

ADour,

1) It is a comicbook based movie (also, do watch Stan's Rants?), and to suggest otherwise, well, is wrong. Having said that, Catwoman is also a comicbook based movie, and that literally took away everything the comics had.

2) Conclusions don't have to tie up every single plot thread. The best conclusions leave some room for question and imagination, in this case Robin finding the cave, and us wondering how Bruce actually managed to survive. Come on, how was it not epic?

3) "decided to stop being Batman, helping the city he swore to take away the crime from because his sort-of girlfriend died". Humanity. Right there. He did overcome the problem. It just took some time. Again, Humanity. Right there.

4) The Dark Knight, fair enough. Ledger's performance was incredible, so he kind of overshadowed Batman in a sense. But all three movies have totally been Batman: the symbol, the hero, and the human behind the mask, etc... Batman.

5) It's not uncommon for comicbook stories to be more like, "Hey, we've lost control of the situation, what are we gonna do?" every now and then, so that it's not always "Ooh, villain, struggle, defeat, done." All superheroes have their moment of just trying not to get squashed, especially ones without powers and that are held in such high regard. And again, the twist with Bane and Talia was amazing.

6) I'm not saying "everyone is Batman". I'm saying that Batman is not real. He is a fictional character that has been around for over 70 years. You say that the "real Batman" wouldn't do this or that, when the "real Batman" has been overly camp, overly gritty and every shade in between. Are you talking about Finger's Batman, Miller's Batman, Golden Age, New 52? The Batman that just shoots his villains, or the Batman that swears not to. The Batman that works alone, or the Batman that is a team player with the Justice League and trains little kids as sidekicks? What's more, the trilogy does indeed play on the theme of Batman being a symbol. Hence Robin finding the cave at the end. Maybe there is no Batman, as he's just a symbol?

7) Not everyone expected that of TDKR. And the people who did are crazy (I'm tempted to say stupid). TDK was amazing, so why would you expect anything to be such a masterpiece that it would be outshine TDK? I'm guessing that people who liked the movie aren't brain-washed. They actually like the movie. I do.

8) Sure, I can understand it being disappointing for some, but that doesn't mean that everyone on the internet thinks it was bad. I'm sure the majority would disagree.

9) If people's expectations were too high for TDKR, their reaction is disappointed, right? Pretty much everyone else loved it, or at least thought it was good. But for Spider-Man 3, the overall reaction is disappointment, disgust, and just that it's generally bad.

10) I've seen both of those, but you do realise that they're purposefully looking for flaws, and that they do this with practically every movie, such as the Avengers...