Gotham and the Waynes deaths

[eledoremassis02]

Did Gotham start going down the drain after the Waynes Murder? I dont think it's really touched on in the film. But seeing how the people are dressed leaving the theatre in the flashback, and the fact that the hotel was abandoned in the present, it got me thinking.

[The Laughing Fish]

Good question. The Waynes were pretty happy walking down the alley in the dark late at night, without any witnesses in sight. Compare that to present day Gotham when the tourist couple and their son look very tense and anxious trying to find where they were going, before getting assaulted by the muggers.

If nothing else, the Waynes murder scene reflects the loss of innocence and happiness within Bruce as he learned what an imperfect world it was. Indeed, he learned that the hard way. From what should've been a memorable and happy family experience turned it a sudden tragedy, and from that point on, the decay of what we see of Gotham City at the beginning of the movie makes Batman's presence quite obvious.