I'd have to agree that Nolan's film ISN'T 100% faithful but hey, who cares?
Burton's films were his interepretation of the characters as were Joel's... Whether or not you think they worked, is a totally different thing.
I think Nolan's two films were great. I didnt think of them as faithful/ unfaithful, just a particular vision.
For example, while TDK presents an alterative Two-Face origin to the one we're used to... Somewhat different from that in the comics, it REALLY builds a FAR stonger character!
Having his relationship with Rachel, how he losses her... THAT is what really justifies his madness.
In the comics it's like, Oh, he's always been troubled and aggressive, the accident triggered him to snap, blah blah blah...
In the FILM, we DO see that agression, but that alone would not drive his actions nearing the end of the film. Nolan takes it further! He kills off the love of Harvey's life THUS destroying Harvey and creating Two-Face.
Sometimes... ALOT of the time the original source material just isn't appropriate to adapt to film. Comics are fundimentaly drawings. You can get away with just about anything. In FILM people expect a degree of realism, at least in most cases. At least when it came to Nolan's sequel!
So yeah, in some ways.. MANY ways, the film ISN'T totally faithful to the original material (Thank god!) ... Nobody can say it is! BUT, it's an interpretation just as all the previous B'man films were!
I dont think we'll EVER see a B'mam films that's a totally accurate portrayal! How could we? FILM is film, comics are comics, two different media forms that can INSPIRE oneanother but never adapt without compromise!
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