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The Dark Knight Rises

  • robj55
    Fab4Runner;1231146 wrote:I loved it entirely. I thought the story was great and I really enjoyed the acting. I thought it was Christian Bale's best performance of the three and I also really loved JGL and Anne Hathaway's performances. And I swear Michael Caine made me tear up every time he was on screen. I loved Bane and I actually didn't have much trouble understanding him. I know someone who has seen it twice and he said it's much easier the second time.

    I won't say it was better than TDK but for me it's really, really close. I think all three movies together are pretty much perfection.
    Agreed
  • wes_mantooth
    Fab4Runner;1231146 wrote:I loved it entirely. I thought the story was great and I really enjoyed the acting. I thought it was Christian Bale's best performance of the three and I also really loved JGL and Anne Hathaway's performances. And I swear Michael Caine made me tear up every time he was on screen. I loved Bane and I actually didn't have much trouble understanding him. I know someone who has seen it twice and he said it's much easier the second time.

    I won't say it was better than TDK but for me it's really, really close. I think all three movies together are pretty much perfection.

    That wasn't Michael Caine that made you tear up....it was the barefoot guys stinky feet that was sitting beside you
  • The Equalizer
    Great flick, I loved every minute and I thought the ending was spot on for completing the cycle.

    [SP]As for that ending, he isn't going to be Robin or Nightwing, he's going to be the new Batman. Bruce has finally passed the baton and will go live a real life. Gotham still needs a Batman, but Bruce doesn't anymore because he's moved on to embrace that he doesn't have to be a miserable recluse. [/SP]
  • hoops23
    The Equalizer;1231161 wrote:Great flick, I loved every minute and I thought the ending was spot on for completing the cycle.

    [SP]As for that ending, he isn't going to be Robin or Nightwing, he's going to be the new Batman. Bruce has finally passed the baton and will go live a real life. Gotham still needs a Batman, but Bruce doesn't anymore because he's moved on to embrace that he doesn't have to be a miserable recluse. [/SP]
    [SP]Could happen... I wish his name would have just been Dick Grayson instead of Jim Blake... Dick Grayson was Robin (and Nightwing) who then became Batman after Bruce was severely injured/killed.. [/SP]
  • Fab4Runner
    wes_mantooth;1231158 wrote:That wasn't Michael Caine that made you tear up....it was the barefoot guys stinky feet that was sitting beside you
    Haha yes...totally forgot about him.
  • killer_ewok
    Loved it. Agree with most others on here in regards to ranking the trilogy....

    1.) TDK
    2.) TDKR
    3.) BB

    And I actually liked Batman Begins a lot. Just so happens the last two were even better.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    hoops23;1230593 wrote:To be fair, Nolan's Batman reboot came 8 years after the last Burton Batman movie... Spiderman was 5... Not really that big of a deal, IMO.
    Burton or Schumacher?
  • hoops23
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231306 wrote:Burton or Schumacher?
    Does it really matter?
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    Yeah, considering Batman and Robin may be the worst ever film ever - it matters. Burton's films haven't aged well, but back in '89 Batman was cool. '97's B&R was an unholy production of awfulness.
  • wes_mantooth
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231320 wrote:Yeah, considering Batman and Robin may be the worst ever film ever - it matters. Burton's films haven't aged well, but back in '89 Batman was cool. '97's B&R was an unholy production of awfulness.
    agreed. It was an awful movie completely. Worst scene in a comic book movie goes to Spiderman 3 though...the Tobey Maguire singing/dancing in the diner may be the worst thing in cinematic history.
  • hoops23
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231320 wrote:Yeah, considering Batman and Robin may be the worst ever film ever - it matters. Burton's films haven't aged well, but back in '89 Batman was cool. '97's B&R was an unholy production of awfulness.
    No. It doesn't matter within the context of my post as I wasn't rating the movie. Burton was removed as director and became the producer in Batman Forever and Schumaker took over as Director... All of those Batman movies sucked. So no, it doesn't matter.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    I didn't write this, but thought it was hilarious. The more I think about the film the more I think I should lower my rating, the plot was hilariously stupid:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/board/thread/202143975?p=1
  • Fab4Runner
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231340 wrote:I didn't write this, but thought it was hilarious. The more I think about the film the more I think I should lower my rating, the plot was hilariously stupid:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/board/thread/202143975?p=1

    That review was comical, but I disagree with most of it. Christopher Nolan has done an amazing job making us forget that we are watching superhero movies (which is a testament to his brilliance IMO) but guess what...we're still watching a trilogy based on comic books. If someone wants to go into these movies expecting them to be 100% realistic, that's their prerogative. But they'll most definitely be let down.
  • OneBuckeye
    I saw the movie and liked it probably the best of the three. I really really hated pig face as Rachel in TDK and could barely stand the side talking katie holmes in BB. TDKR did not have one characters acting being so bad that it ruined the movie. I think everything finally came together in this one, it's what a batman movie should be.
  • The Equalizer
    He brings up 2-3 valid points, [SP]the biggest being how Bruce got back into the city, maybe we'll see it as a deleted scene on the dvd.[/SP] But other things he bitches about were either necessary or explained. If this witty little kunt was too busy to keep track of the character development or understand why the actions of the new supporting characters was important that's a him problem, not a Nolan problem.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    [SP]I was surprised it took Gordon so long to figure out who was Batman. It seems like everyone who worked with batman knew, but him. [/SP]
  • Laley23
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231340 wrote:I didn't write this, but thought it was hilarious. The more I think about the film the more I think I should lower my rating, the plot was hilariously stupid:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/board/thread/202143975?p=1
    That review was comically bad. I should've stopped reading when he said Miranda Tate was an unnecessary character lol.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    He had good points, the one that got me the most was the one about a character randomly finding people in Gotham (or Manhattan, since Nolan chose that location) after magically showing up.

    I enjoyed the film, but it was a terrible script. After Insomnia I'd say it was the worst Nolan film.
  • like_that
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231648 wrote:He had good points, the one that got me the most was the one about a character randomly finding people in Gotham (or Manhattan, since Nolan chose that location) after magically showing up.

    I enjoyed the film, but it was a terrible script. After Insomnia I'd say it was the worst Nolan film.
    LOL, people like this will never be able to enjoy a film. Also LOL at giving the film 3 out of 4 starts, but now you say it is the 2nd worst Nolan film, just because you read a review on a imdb message board.
  • TBone14
    Manhattan Buckeye;1231648 wrote:He had good points, the one that got me the most was the one about a character randomly finding people in Gotham (or Manhattan, since Nolan chose that location) after magically showing up.

    .
    A character? It was BATMAN. That what he does. That review was terrible. You can make anything sound stupid if you do it that way.

    So I have this idea for a game. I want to hang baskets 10 feet off the ground 94 feet away from each other. And then I want to bring in some nice hardwood flooring. I want to get 4 of my friends and we can take turns shooting a orange sphere into the baskets while 5 other guys try to stop us without touching us too much. I want to paint a really dark spot underneath the basket and only let people stay in there for 3 seconds. Also, we go tired of chasing missed attempts so we put a glass backstop up behind the basket.
  • wes_mantooth
    TBone14;1231682 wrote:A character? It was BATMAN. That what he does. That review was terrible. You can make anything sound stupid if you do it that way.

    So I have this idea for a game. I want to hang baskets 10 feet off the ground 94 feet away from each other. And then I want to bring in some nice hardwood flooring. I want to get 4 of my friends and we can take turns shooting a orange sphere into the baskets while 5 other guys try to stop us without touching us too much. I want to paint a really dark spot underneath the basket and only let people stay in there for 3 seconds. Also, we go tired of chasing missed attempts so we put a glass backstop up behind the basket.
    I am 35 yrs old and I would only play this game if it could be played in Miami Fl...hope this helps.
  • jordo212000
    wes_mantooth;1231121 wrote:Loved the bane character, but I did struggle to understand him sometimes

    This
  • jordo212000
    wes_mantooth;1231324 wrote:agreed. It was an awful movie completely. Worst scene in a comic book movie goes to Spiderman 3 though...the Tobey Maguire singing/dancing in the diner may be the worst thing in cinematic history.

    LOL amen. I say that all the time.
  • bigdaddy2003
    Thought DKR was pretty good. I really liked Bane. I'll probably go see it again tonight.
  • like_that
    If heath ledger didn't die, do you think they would have made a 4th batman?

    [SP]Maybe he could've escaped from jail when Bane broke it open.[/SP]