Chapter 66

The moment they saw the Batmobile, the whole audience burst into an exclamation!

It completely subverted the public's cognition of the Batmobile!

Because compared to the cool appearance of the traditional Batmobile, Nolan's Batmobile had a bit more real wildness!

This is a car built in reality by the "live-action fanatic," with the styling referring to the Hummer and Lamborghini!

Originally, Nolan only had a rough conception,

but Xu Can casually grabbed a tissue and drew the detailed Batmobile styling on the tissue!

Next, this car was really built and could be driven on the road!

Later in an interview, Nolan revealed Xu Can's design to the media.

"To be honest, I didn't expect Xu Can to draw it so detailed! I have already framed that tissue; it will become one of the precious collections."

As for this built Batmobile, the lead actor Christian Bale especially wanted it.

He kept begging Nolan to give him the car, but Nolan refused decisively.

"Sorry, Xu is one of the investors, and I have already promised to give it to Xu."

Once he heard Xu Can wanted it, Bale could only give up helplessly.

After *The Dark Knight Rises*, the Batmobile will be officially given to Xu Can.

Back to the movie, Bruce Wayne built a set of Bat-armor through the Kevlar bulletproof vest.

This set of Bat-armor also had some of Xu Can's designs.

Unlike the previous Batman films, Nolan's Batman had a strong sense of realism from beginning to end.

Whether it was the Batman styling or his car, they were very close to real life.

This created a strong sense of reality for the audience at the scene.

After Batman was born, his first strike was to capture the gangster boss Falcone, tie him to a searchlight, and hand the evidence to the female prosecutor Rachel.

He wanted to further eradicate crime in Gotham City, but was stopped by another villain, Scarecrow.

Later, in order to rescue Rachel, who was controlled by Scarecrow, Batman struck again and used hallucinogenic gas to counter-kill Scarecrow.

Scarecrow confessed that his superior was the League of Assassins.

The police arrived late, and Batman hurriedly took Rachel and left in the Batmobile.

Commissioner Gordon's eyes lit up after seeing the Batmobile.

"I'll get one to play with sooner or later."

Then came the most exciting car chase in the whole film, with Batman driving the Batmobile, shaking off the Gotham police on the streets of Gotham City.

All car chase shots were filmed 1:1 in reality!

Although there were no fancy special effects, the tension and excitement were full!

Batman escaped the police pursuit, but Scarecrow had already injected hallucinogenic venom into the city's water pipes in advance.

The entire Gotham City could inhale hallucinogenic gas and be scared to death by the fear deep in their hearts.

At the same time, Ra's al Ghul found Bruce Wayne, defeated Bruce, and burned Wayne's mansion with a fire.

Bruce was rescued by Alfred and saved his life.

He ignored the danger, dressed as Batman, and went to have a final battle with Ra's al Ghul!

"It doesn't matter who I am under the mask; what matters is what I do!"

In the final battle, Commissioner Gordon and Batman worked together to save the entire Gotham City in the crisis.

On the light rail, Batman had a wonderful and exciting boss fight with Ra's al Ghul, and finally, Batman successfully escaped,

and Ra's al Ghul collided and exploded with the light rail.

At the end of the film, everything settled down, and Bruce Wayne thought Gotham City would regain its vitality.

However, a word from Commissioner Gordon made Bruce Wayne's heart skip a beat.

"Armed robbery, arson... multiple serious crimes. The key is, this guy is like you, likes to play cosplay..."

"He leaves a playing card after every crime."

Bruce Wayne took the card and turned it over; it was a black Joker!

The film ended!

Seeing this, the fans who had just recovered from a wonderful and exciting story immediately fell into excitement!

They could see the Joker played by Xu Can in the sequel!

The audience's expectation had already reached 50%!

The overall quality of *Batman Begins* was considered good, and everyone patiently watched the long end credits.

However, when the end credits finished and the screen was pitch black...

A pale and weird face appeared on the big screen!

That blood-like big mouth hooked up a wicked smile!

Faintly, one could still see Xu Can's handsome appearance behind the white paint!

"Joker!!!"

"Wow!"

"Jesus! What did I see?"

The entire theater burst into an exclamation again, followed by thunderous applause!

The creative team stood up to pay tribute to the audience.

Nolan smiled a little helplessly.

He knew very well that *Batman Begins* only accounted for 70% of the applause, and the remaining 30% of the applause was for the end-credits egg!

Xu Can's Joker had already pulled the audience's expectation to the full!

They couldn't wait for *The Dark Knight* to be released tonight!

Sure enough, in the post-screening media interview session, the questions from *Los Angeles Times* reporters were all about the next *The Dark Knight*.

"Is *The Dark Knight* confirmed to be scheduled for Christmas this year? Is there any possibility of postponement?"

"What is the length of the Joker played by Xu Can in the sequel?"

"Will the Joker appear in the third work?"

Nolan was numb.

"The later questions involve spoilers, so I won't answer them. I can only say that *The Dark Knight* is scheduled for Christmas and will not be postponed."

There was another round of warm applause from the audience.

After watching *Batman Begins*, everyone felt stable!

This is the most outstanding live-action comic book movie since *Spider-Man*!

Everyone has reason to look forward to what kind of collision Xu Can's Joker will have with Batman!

The next *The Dark Knight* must be better!

After the premiere, the lead actor Christian Bale called Xu Can to report the good news.

"Xu, it seems we don't have to worry; the movie is quite successful."

"Hmm, I never worried; it was all you worrying."

"Listen to the cheers outside the theater; they are all mentioning you. You kid stole all our limelight."

Bale was clearly the first male lead, Batman.

Why is everyone looking forward to the Joker?

"Don't worry. By the third part, it won't be my business."

Xu Can comforted Bale:

"By then, the ones stealing the limelight will be Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy..."

"Ah?" Bale was dumbfounded.

What about his dignity as Batman?

*Batman Begins* had an opening box office of $52 million,

and in the 2007 opening weekend box office ranking,

it fell behind *Pirates of the Caribbean 3*, *John Wick*, *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, *Transformers*, and *Twilight*,

ranking roughly 6th.

From the IMDb rating, *Batman Begins* had an opening rating of 8.7/10, which had surpassed Tim Burton's old Batman.

Rotten Tomatoes film critics gave a comprehensive 84% freshness rating, marked as fresh.