I thought for sure it was meant to be a franchise, I guess looking back at people asking if Nolan would return for each sequel was kind of a give away.
Yea, the original Batman created the craze, along with Superman, then it kinda went quiet till Blade and X Men came out, and restarted the craze, and movies like Spider-Man heightened it, but around the same time, it was also the decline, with like Fantastic Four, Daredevil, etc. BB tried to stir up the craze again I think, then TDK came out, and now Hollywood is relying on these movies, but again, I think it will soon be on the decline. the new x men director even said he took the gig bc he felt these movies were on the decline, honestly, i'm a big comic book guy, and maybe its just bc i never read them, but i dont really buy these Avenger movies, like Cap, Thor, etc, they seem like cash ins really, even Iron Man 3, from what i've read, the movie is really just another movie for heroes like Cap and Thor to appear after the Avenger movie, which is why i'm glad Jon F left, knowing this
i'm gonna stop my ramble about the movies now, lol
yea, i laugh at the box office results of the 2, BB was like 1/3 if that of TDK in gross
also, Jon Nolan had nothing to do with BB, he only started working on Batman with TDK and TDKR, which some people suspect is why TDK's story was better, which I kind of agree with, I loved Memento, and The Prestige, but didnt care for that Terminator movie he went uncredited on