The movie definitely sucks at portraying women in general, I think, with Rachel being played mostly for her relationship with Bruce and Harvey, and Babs, well, not being played at all.
They did dump Bruce and Harvey's backstory, but I think that mostly follows from Bruce's own changed backstory. His Princeton years were, I gather, unimpressive, and not likely to be a good setting for setting up a relationship with Dent, and afterwards he spent his young adulthood abroad. It changes their dynamic, true; they are no longer friends. But their new relationship isn't shallow, Dent is clearly Bruce's hero, not an ally, but a replacement, and ultimately a symbol for the city. It's a change to the mythos, moving his importance from the personal to the big picture (aside from Rachel, which feels tacked on, this Bruce doesn't really do personal), but I thought it was an interesting one.
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(BABS. Also, dumping the Bruce/Harvey backstory.)
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They did dump Bruce and Harvey's backstory, but I think that mostly follows from Bruce's own changed backstory. His Princeton years were, I gather, unimpressive, and not likely to be a good setting for setting up a relationship with Dent, and afterwards he spent his young adulthood abroad. It changes their dynamic, true; they are no longer friends. But their new relationship isn't shallow, Dent is clearly Bruce's hero, not an ally, but a replacement, and ultimately a symbol for the city. It's a change to the mythos, moving his importance from the personal to the big picture (aside from Rachel, which feels tacked on, this Bruce doesn't really do personal), but I thought it was an interesting one.
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