Think this might have been Nolans strategy?
As we have seen,it made all the difference in the world box office wise with The Dark Knight being the blockbuster it was at the theaters thanks to a brilliant marketing campaine by Warner Brothers.As we all know,Batman Begins was horribly promoted at the theaters.About the only kind of advertising and promotion it got back then was the airing of scenes from the movie during commercials for the superbowl and when Smallville aired scenes from the movie in their final two episodes of their show back then.That was about it.The movie was so horribly marketed many people didnt even know about the movie until it was out.
This time around,Warner Brothers seemed to have learned from their mistakes with Begins and had a MUCH better promotion and advertising campaine for The Dark Knight putting out posters months in advance in theaters.I said SEEMED to have learned, because I am wondering if Nolan had it planned this way?That he might have suggested that to Warners for Begins to be promoted so poorly because a lot of people at that time were still under the false impression that Begins was just another sequal to that horrible nightmare Burton/Schumacher travesty franchise series,instead of knowing that the franchise was being rebooted.That he might have had something to say to them about it being promoted that poorly back then cause he knew a lot of people still had the bad taste of Batman and Robin in their mouths and would be reluctant to see another Batfilm after Batman and Robin?
Like i said.At first,I just thought that Warner Brothers just screwed up and they were just being ignorant in their promotions for Batman Begins and that they learned from their mistake last time which is why they did a much better job by far on promoting this Bbatman movie than Begins.But then I got to thinking,maybe thats why Nolan saved The Joker for the second film instead of the first film because again,he might have known that a lot of people were going to be reluctant to see Begins cause they still had the bad taste of Batman and Robin in their mouths. So instead of using Batmans arch enemy -The Joker, to open up his movie franchise,he used Scarecrow,a villain that casual moviegoers arent familiar with for Begins and waited till The Dark Knight to use The Joker since moviegoers NOW knew that it wasnt just another Batman sequal and was a reboot to the series.When you think about it that way,it makes sense that Nolan didnt use The Joker in Begins and used Scarecrow-an unknown villain to just casual movie goers.what do you think? thoughts.