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I'm a big Godfather fan but would still say, as the conclusion to a saga, DKR absolutely pisses on Godfather III. Still, while I prefer the Godfather saga overall (and tend to see GIII more as a mistake than a conclusion) the comparison isn't ridiculous. The Godfather is an epic, more 'serious' version of the standard gangster film just as Nolan's Batman is an epic, more 'serious' version of the standard action/superhero film. I've heard more than one critic describe Nolan as making arthouse superhero films, just as they once said Coppola was making arthouse gangster movies. In that sense, rather than try to compare them, we could say that, with his Batman films, Nolan has done for the superhero film roughly what Coppola did for the gangster film with his first two Godfather films. Time will ultimately tell but I certainly think there's some potential truth in that.
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