'The Dark Knight Rises' Is Anti-Revolutionary Corporate Propaganda

Christopher Nolan based the film on "A Tale of Two Cities". He switched the revolutionaries to villains in "The Dark Knight Rises". This makes the film anti-revolutionary corporate propaganda.The Dark Knight RisesonA Tale of Two CitiesThe story follows citizens in Paris and London leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. This is the Charles Dickens story.

Dickens references appear everywhere. The clearest nod happens when Gordon reads Sydney Carton’s final quote.

I do a far, far better thing than I ever have; I go to a far, far better rest than I have known.

InA Tale of Two CitiesSydney Carton starts as a cynic. He later swaps places with his doppelgänger, the revolutionary Charles Darnay, and sacrifices his life for the revolution. Gordon reads Carton’s quote at Bruce Wayne’s grave. This shows Wayne gives his life for a noble cause. Putting Bruce Wayne/Batman in Carton's role, the revolutionaries' role, and the protagonists' role means putting Bane and his revolutionaries into the French monarchy's role, the antagonists. This is a messy metaphor.

Batman’s superpower is his skill at spending money. He buys a new Batcave if needed. He builds a 3D system to track Gotham's cell phones if required. Batman solves any problem that costs money.

His fight with Bane, Talia, and their army is an attrition battle. After escaping confinement and returning to Gotham, Wayne shows off expensive toys that keep him involved as long as he wants.

Bane is smart and strong, but he cannot beat someone who keeps spending money on a problem until it stops. This hero has enough resources to stay out of trouble. He knows money solves any problem.

By sayingThe Dark Knight Risesis a direct reference toA Tale of Two Cities Bane carries out an Occupy-style protest before destroying a football stadium. This action shows a specific ideology.

Watching Bane talk about capitalism's evils and tearing the powerful from their rich homes makes the audience connect these two ideas.

Whatever version of Batman you like, in every timeline, universe, oralternate dimension he runs Wayne Enterprises, which is part of the military-industrial complex. Bruce Wayne's role as the CEO of a global corporation that builds these tools explains why Batman owns so many gadgets and toys to "save" Gotham.

InThe Dark Knight Risesthere is no way to defeat Bane without the Batplane. This experimental aircraft was likely being tested for the government. Batman saves Gotham without fighting or words, using his experimental gear bought with government contracts.

Throughout Christopher Nolan’sTheDark Knight TrilogyBruce Wayne acts as a neo-con hero. He fights to keep Gotham's status quo. He stops revolutionaries, anarchists, and the Legion of Shadows from exposing the city's working class.

Should Batman, someone outside the law, welcome change in the city? Does he want someone to shake things up and remove the moral decay in the top powers? No. Those people let Batman operate. Batman patrols the shadows to keep Gotham safe from changes.His way of life.The film suggests anyone against the police is bad.

Bane clears Blackgate inmates. A full uprising starts. Police fight people on the streets. These scenes look like protests happening in America just a few years after the film's release.

Bane, the anti-corporate villain, tries to end the Gotham police force. He traps them underground and sentences their leaders to walk on ice. This is not good behavior.

Filmmakers show problems everywhere in Gotham with broad strokes. All the cops are good; so, Bane and his people must act very bad.

The film makes resenting those with more seem childish.Bane's revolution members rescued from the gutter are not foolish. They want equality.

The film makes their methods too harsh to stop viewer sympathy for them.

Christopher Nolan's film lacks a main character.The Dark Knight TrilogyNo one in the trilogy has lived well from the wrongdoings Batman causes. Police see more work. Crooks constantly fight each other. Wayne Industries uses every part of the city to make money from both 'good' and 'bad' acts.

When Bane tries to remove Gotham's bureaucracy, he learns Bruce Wayne's efforts to keep the status quo alive. Batman would rather sacrifice himself than let his capitalist utopia return to square one.

After Bane sends Bruce Wayne away and wins in the second act, Gotham changes into anAlice in WonderlandA leftist world version. People face kangaroo courts; sentences are given before charges.

The film suggests people without strong ties to corporations or a capitalist government cannot create good leaders.

Bane's plan includes taking Bruce Wayne’s wealth and sharing it with Gotham's people. You, the audience, should feel upset about this. Bruce Wayne knows money equals freedom.

This character gets what he wants by showing off his cash flow. Now, someone understands how to hit Bruce Wayne financially. This puts him in a life-or-death fight.

This list places 'The Dark Knight Rises' as anti-revolutionary corporate propaganda, showing the audience should feel bad about a billionaire having his wealth redistributed.The Dark Knight Rises, Batman fights not for your freedom. He fights to get his money back.

The film ends with Batman supposedly sacrificing himself. He saves Gotham and turns from a hero into a martyr. They raise a statue for him. Wayne Manor becomes an orphanage. Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Robin joins a secret succession system. This lets Batmans watch the city forever.

Creating a line of Batmans who work outside the law as secret police is terrifying.