The Dark Knight trilogy is absolutely incredible and still holds up over a decade later. The Dark Knight is even considered by many to be one of the best Batman movies and one of the best superhero movies of all time. However, there is one issue with the film series that stands out that some seem to overlook.

During the duration of the films, Bruce Wayne is active as Batman for an upsettingly short amount of time. He only fights about six villains and calls it quits.

Batman does appear to be fighting crime between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, as made clear by Dark Knight’s early scenes. There’s roughly a year between these two films. There’s a whopping eight years between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, but he’s not actively fighting crime as the caped crusader. Instead, Bruce spends those eight years injured and retired. He only comes out of retirement when the threat of Bane emerges. He then retires again once that conflict is resolved.

Batman defeats Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, the Joker, and Two-Face, is not active for eight years, then battles Bane and Talia al Ghul, then retires for good. It feels odd, as if something is missing compared to the many other versions of Batman. It doesn’t feel like he’s on much of a “crusade” when you take everything he did into consideration.

There’s no real sense that there’s more that we’re not seeing like there is with previous Batman movies. In the previous series of movies, starring Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney as the titular hero, there’s an understanding that there’s much more crime fighting and other adventures that we aren’t seeing. The same could be said for the likes of Thor and other superhero flicks.

Because of this, the world and lore of The Dark Knight trilogy feels smaller, emptier, and not as fully-realized. The films make it seem as though these events in Gotham City were grand in scale, but it doesn’t quite feel that way when truly thinking about how Bruce Wayne was only Batman for about three or four years in total with a huge gap between some of those years. It feels so unlike any other version, and maybe not in the best of ways.

Don’t get me wrong, this is an extremely minor issue that doesn’t really affect the quality of these iconic films in any way. It’s just odd-enough of a detail to be a little distracted by it. It’s hard not to think about Bruce Wayne being Batman for such a small amount of time and stopping so few villains during his entire superhero career. It’s a fantastic trilogy of movies; it’s just a weird problem that people seem to not realize.

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